ERCHornEast_Documentation_Excavations_Bilet_2019

In December 2019, a multidisciplinary team from the ERC HornEast project, led by Julien Loiseau, carried out an archaeological excavation in Kwiḥa (South Eastern Tigray, Ethiopia). The team was composed of Julien Loiseau (historian, Aix-Marseille University, director of the ERC HornEast project), Simon Dorso (archaeologist, Lyon-2 University, CIHAM), Elise Mercier (archaeologist, Poitiers University, HERMA), Hiluf Berhe, professor of archeology at Mekelle University, David Ollivier (topographer and archaeologist , CNRS, LA3M), Bertrand Hirsch (historian, University Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne), Amélie Chekroun (historian, CNRS, IREMAM), Jean-François Breton (archaeologist, CNRS, ArScAn), Deresse Ayenachew (historian, Debre Berhan University, ERC HornEast), Robert Kool (archaeologist, Israel Antiquities Authority), Desta HaileYesus (archaeologist, Mekelle University). Also part of the team were Dawit Tibebu, expert from the ARCCH (Addis Ababa) and Guesh Tsehaye, archaeologist, expert from the Cultural and Tourism Office of Tigray (Mekelle), Goitom Admasu, expert from the Cultural and Tourism Office of Mekelle City. Students from the master's degree in archeology at Mekelle University actively participated in the excavations.