Selected Publications
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Academic Article
- The Roles of Indigenous Knowledge in Heritage Conservation and Tourism Development in the Historic Churches of South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia. University of Gondar. 8:118-128. 2026-05-01
- Six thousand years of occupation: Results from the Sudanese Red Sea Coast -- FROM LOCAL TO GLOBAL The role of local communities throughout the Red Sea history. . 211-223. 2026-03-01
- Assessment of soil erosion and sediment dynamics using GIS based RUSLE to understand the formation and sustainability of Burji Kelale Sediment Dammed Lake, Ethiopia. Springer Nature. 4:1-25. 2026-01-01
- Farming with Hand and Hoe over the Last Millennia: Traditional Terracing and the Agricultural Economy in Konso Zone, Southern Ethiopia. Springer Nature. 42:635–658. 2026-01-01
- Determinants and forms of stakeholder collaboration in cultural heritage tourism in Gondar City, Ethiopia. Springer Nature. 6:1-15. 2025-11-01
- Community Participation in Conservation of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Development in the Historic Churches of South Wollo Zone, Ethiopia. Mustrs LLC. 81:1868-1897. 2025-08-01
- Crop of the Future: A Focus on Enset (Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman), from Past to Present.. Interdisciplinaria archaeologica Natural Sciences in Archaeology. XVI:57-74. 2025-08-01
- Early evidence for the use of moringa cf. Stenopetala and the study of human-environment interactions as of the early medieval period (1195–1235 years cal bp) in the Konso zone, Ethiopia, Rassegna Studi Etipici. Rassegna di Sttudi Ethiopici. SE 3a serie (LV). 2025-02-01
- The State of Archaeobotanical Research in Ethiopia. Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 57:35-62. 2025-01-01
- The development of agricultural systems in the Ethiopian highlands (NE Africa): a review of the archaeobotanical evidence. Azania, Archaeological Research in Africa. 59:2-30. 2024-12-01
- Early Archaeological Evidence of Wheat and Cotton from Medieval Ilé-Ifè, Nigeria. PNAS. 121. 2024-08-01
- Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite Agricultural Economy at Ona Adi, Tigrai (Ethiopia): First look at a 1000-Year History. Journal of African Archaeological Review. 40:1-30. 2024-08-01
- Archaeobotany, Plant Economy, Palaeoenvironment and Religious Identity in Medieval Eastern Ethiopia. The Results of Analysis from Harlaa, Dire Dawa Region. Annales de Ethiope. 35. 2023-01-01
- Burning Questions: Experiments on the Effects of Carbonization on Domestic and Wild Sorghum. Journal of Archaeological Science. 51:1-12. 2023-01-01
- Meroe and Aksum -- Oxford Research Encyclopedia of African History. Oxford University Press. 2023-01-01
- Sorghum and Finger Millet Cultivation during the Aksumite Period: Insights from Ethnoarchaeological Modelling and Microbotanical Analysis. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology. 6:96–116. 2023-01-01
- Survey and analysis of t h e effect of the current war in northern Ethiopia on archaeological and historical heritages and the environmental milieu. Journal of Ethiopian Studies. LVI. 2023-01-01
- The Pre-Aksumite Period: indigenous origins and development in the Horn of Africa. AZANIA: Archaeological Research in Africa. 58:1-65. 2023-01-01
- Exploring Tourism Development Endeavors in and around World Heritage Sites in Ethiopia: Practices at Lower Omo Paleontological and Paleoenvironmental Site, SNNPRS. Ethiopian Journal of Development Research (EJDR). 43. 2022-01-01
- Post Terminal Pleistocene Reconstruction of Ancient Firewood and Human-Environment Relations in the Afro- Alpine Region of the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia: an Anthracological Study. Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities (EJOSSAH). 18. 2022-01-01
- Remote Sensing for Biocultural Heritage Preservation in an African Semi-Arid Region: A Case Study of Indigenous Wells in Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. Journal of Remote sensing. 14. 2022-01-01
- Ethno-archaeological and experimental study on agricultural activities of Finger millet (Eleusinecoracana) (L.)Gaertn) from North Western Ethiopia -- Ethno-archaeology. Journal of Archaeological, Ethnographic and ExperimentalStudies. 13:105–122. 2021-01-01
- New Dates for Megalithic Stele Monuments of Gedeo, South Ethiopia. Journal of African Archaeology. 1– 26. 2021-01-01
- Material Cosmopolitanism: The Entrepot of Harlaa as Islamic Gateway to Eastern Ethiopia. Antiquity. 35. 2020-01-01
- Towards the Mid-Late Holocene environment of Mochena Borago rock shelter, Wolayita, South Ethiopia. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities. 16. 2020-01-01
- Living on the ice edge: Middle Stone Age foragers in the glaciated Bale Mountains of South Ethiopia. Science. 365. 2019-01-01
- Millets in Eastern Sudan: an archaeobotanical study. Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa. 55. 2019-01-01
- On the Origin and Dissemination of Domesticated sorghum and Pearl millet across Africa and into India: a view from the Butana Group of the far Eastern Sahel. Journal of African Archaeological Review, Springer Publisher. 35. 2018-01-01
- Archaeobotanical investigation of Charred and desiccated fruit stones and seeds from Late Holocene contexts in Kassala and its environs: window to past ecology and subsistence. Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities. 8. 2017-01-01
- Archaeological investigations in Ahferom Woreda, Tigray, North Ethiopia, in Journal of Rassegna di Studi Ethiopici. Journal of Rassegna di Studi Ethiopici. 48. 2017-01-01
- Climatic Oscillations and Human Adaption in the Last 4000 Years: Studies from Northeast Sudan and the Northern Horn of Africa. Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 50:1-26. 2017-01-01
- Ethno-archaeological Study of Noog (Guizotiaabyssinica) in Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnoarchaeology. 8:1-22. 2017-01-01
- Human and Animal figurines from Archaeological site of Hawelti melazo, North Ethiopia. Newsletter di Archaeologia. 8. 2017-01-01
- Classification and Analysis of pot sherds from Dunjame, East Gojjam. Journal of African Archaeologists. 93-99. 2015-01-01
- Italian Archaeological Expedition to the Sudan of the University of Naples. online Journal of the University of Naples. 2013-01-01
- Archaeology: the Profession and the Professionals (Nature of the Profession vs. Ethical Issues and Responsibilities of the Professional). Journal of Ethiopian Archaeologists and Paleontologists Association. 1. 2011-01-01
- Italian Archaeological Expedition to the Sudan of the University of Naples, „L‟ Orientale. Journal of the University of Naples. 2011-01-01
- Sorghum Exploitation at Kassala and its Environs, Northeastern Sudan in the second and first millennium BC. Journal of African Archaeologists. 2011-01-01
- An Analysis of the Regional Dimensions of the Agordat Pottery based on Decoration Techniques and Patterns. Journal of Society of Africanist Archaeologists. 2010-01-01
- New Perspectives on the Agordat material, Eritrea: A re-examination of the Archaeological Material in the National Museum, Khartoum. Journal of Society of Africanist Archaeologists. 2007-01-01
- Pre-Aksumite Plant Husbandry in the Horn of Africa. Journal of Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 32:635-654. 2003-01-01
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Chapter
- Guidelines for the Documentation and Registration of Traditional Knowledge on Agrobiodiversity Preservation in Drylands, -- Long-term History of Human Adaptations a glance of early stages of our cultural diversity in drylands.. UNESCO. 226-237. 2026-01-01
- Newly Discovered Yalda-Toume Valley Plio- Pleistocene Site, Konso Zone, Ethiopia -- Rassegna di Studi Ethiopici. UniorPress Publisher. 289-300. 2023-01-01
- Questioning pre-domestication cultivation (PDC) of sorghum and noog: ethnobotanical and ethnoarchaeological observations in northeast Sudan and north Ethiopia -- People and Plants in Sub-Saharan Africa and Beyond, Trees, Grasses and Crops. Bonn. 2019-01-01
- Sorghum Paintings from the Meriotic Cemetery of Berber and possible implications for the dispersal of the plant across the Red Sea -- Stories of Globalisation: The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf from Late Prehistory to Early Modernity. Leiden. 2019-01-01
- Evidence of Sorghum Cultivation and introduced West African crops during the second millennium BC from Kassala, East Sudan -- Plants & Humans in the African Past. Springer Publication. 2018-01-01
- Archaeological Research at Aroresa rock art site, Sidama Zone, Ethiopia -- Recent Archaeological Findings from South Ethiopia. Association for Research and Conservation of Culture. 2014-01-01
- Archaeological Research at Azga-Bodo rock art site, Kambata-Tembaro Zone, Ethiopia -- Recent Archaeological Findings from South Ethiopia. Association for Research and Conservation of Culture. 2014-01-01
- Archaeological, ethno-botanical and historical Research at Nagassa, Gamo-Gofa Zone, Ethiopia -- Recent Archaeological Findings from South Ethiopia. Association for Research and Conservation of Culture. 2014-01-01
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Document
- Paleo-seasonality reconstructions of the Omo-Turkana basin using single Ostracod stable isotope signatures. Geological Society of America (GSA). 2023-01-01
- Filling the Gap: New Archaeobotanical Evidence for 3rd-1st Millennium BCE Agricultural Economy in Sudan and Ethiopia -- Supplemento. Journal of Atti Soc. Nat. Mat. 143-145. 2015-01-01
- Paleoethnobotanical Study of Ancient Food Crops and the Environmental Context in Northeast Africa, 6000 B.C. to 200/300 AD -- Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology. BAR International Series. 2706. 2015-01-01