Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement
Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE)·Pre-Aksumite·🇪🇹 Tigray Region, Ethiopia
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About Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement
Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement in Tigray Region, Ethiopia is a Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE) ancient-village attributed to Pre-Aksumite. Terraced hilltop settlement 1.5 ha with Sabaean pottery 2 km south Yeha. Hinterland settlement with dams and terrace walls, Sabaean–Local pottery.
Why it mattersImportant Pre-Aksumite site of coastal/hinterland Tigray Region
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network evidence
- 02Construction chronology
Theories
- 01Long-distance exchange
- 02Kayas sacred landscape
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 800 BCE
- Period
- Pre-Aksumite (800 BCE–100 CE)
- Culture
- Pre-Aksumite
- Purpose
- Terraced hilltop settlement 1.5 ha with Sabaean pottery 2 km south Yeha
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 800 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1920 CE
Antiquarian survey
On the ground
Structures & features
14.2500° N · 38.9400° E · 2000 m · 3 mapped features
Meqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement — Sacred Grove Centre
shrineCentral grove shrine
14.2501° N · 38.9401° EMeqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement — Kaya Gate
gateTraditional entrance gate
14.2498° N · 38.9401° EMeqaber Ga'ewa — Yeha Hinterland Settlement — Ancestral Clearing
clearingClearing with fig tree
14.2504° N · 38.9398° E