Chelba-Tutitti : site à stèles phalliques du sud de l’Éthiopie

Many stelae were erected in the Rift Valley area in southern Ethiopia, some of which have been excavated since the early twentieth century, mostly by French teams. If the funeral nature of these standing stones – that are often decorated – has already been stressed for several of them (especially th...

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Autores principales:	Roger Joussaume, Jean-Paul Cros, Régis Bernard
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Publicado:	OpenEdition 2010
Materias:	stelae barrow tomb Archaeology CC1-960 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7469d82d184d4eee9cc011df31b0ff2b2021-12-02T10:47:55ZChelba-Tutitti : site à stèles phalliques du sud de l’Éthiopie2431-204510.4000/aaa.719https://doaj.org/article/7469d82d184d4eee9cc011df31b0ff2b2010-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/aaa/719https://doaj.org/toc/2431-2045Many stelae were erected in the Rift Valley area in southern Ethiopia, some of which have been excavated since the early twentieth century, mostly by French teams. If the funeral nature of these standing stones – that are often decorated – has already been stressed for several of them (especially the swords’ stelae from Soddo and the anthropomorphic ones from the Gedeo country), nothing was really known about the thousands of phallic stelae from the Sidamo area. In 2009, a research programm devoted to these particular stelae started at the site of Chelbi-Tutitti, which yields a thousand standing stones. The first results, presented here, show that such stelae are not directly associated with graves, but could be related to a long barrow located north of the site, that will be the focus the field season, in December 2010. In 1925, F. Azaïs (1931) had already excavated a barrow associated with phallic stelae where he had found some human bones, a polished axe and many small obsidian objects, without understanding its relationship with the standing stones.Roger JoussaumeJean-Paul CrosRégis BernardOpenEditionarticlestelaebarrowtombArchaeologyCC1-960History of the artsNX440-632ENFRAfrique Archéologie Arts, Vol 6, Pp 85-100 (2010)
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description	Many stelae were erected in the Rift Valley area in southern Ethiopia, some of which have been excavated since the early twentieth century, mostly by French teams. If the funeral nature of these standing stones – that are often decorated – has already been stressed for several of them (especially the swords’ stelae from Soddo and the anthropomorphic ones from the Gedeo country), nothing was really known about the thousands of phallic stelae from the Sidamo area. In 2009, a research programm devoted to these particular stelae started at the site of Chelbi-Tutitti, which yields a thousand standing stones. The first results, presented here, show that such stelae are not directly associated with graves, but could be related to a long barrow located north of the site, that will be the focus the field season, in December 2010. In 1925, F. Azaïs (1931) had already excavated a barrow associated with phallic stelae where he had found some human bones, a polished axe and many small obsidian objects, without understanding its relationship with the standing stones.
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title	Chelba-Tutitti : site à stèles phalliques du sud de l’Éthiopie
title_short	Chelba-Tutitti : site à stèles phalliques du sud de l’Éthiopie
title_full	Chelba-Tutitti : site à stèles phalliques du sud de l’Éthiopie
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Chelba-Tutitti : site à stèles phalliques du sud de l’Éthiopie

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