Des pierres phalloïdes par milliers en Éthiopie méridionale

This article aims to revisit the question of phallic stelae erected on the Rift Valley foothills in Sidama, Gedeo and Guji zones. Results from R. Joussaume excavations tend to suggest these archeological sites could be the consequence of the accumulation of memorial stelae around a initial grave. Th...

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Autor principal:	Anne-Lise Goujon
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Publicado:	OpenEdition 2018
Materias:	megalithism stelae phalloid stone Archaeology CC1-960 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:980456409d91449e85888a81861535b82021-12-02T10:47:39ZDes pierres phalloïdes par milliers en Éthiopie méridionale2431-204510.4000/aaa.1795https://doaj.org/article/980456409d91449e85888a81861535b82018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/aaa/1795https://doaj.org/toc/2431-2045This article aims to revisit the question of phallic stelae erected on the Rift Valley foothills in Sidama, Gedeo and Guji zones. Results from R. Joussaume excavations tend to suggest these archeological sites could be the consequence of the accumulation of memorial stelae around a initial grave. This hypothesis, and others, can be discussed considering both sites and stelae diversity. Among the 46 sites known in the Gedeo area, 39 were enough documented to create a database permitting a typological and stylistic classification. This study gives details about the repartition of regional singularities, revealing a less homogeneous phenomenon than first though. Finally, it helps to put into perspective the socio-cultural variability of this ancient society and thus opens new fields of research like the implantation’s logic of this megalithic structures in the landscape of the Ethiopian Rift foothills.Anne-Lise GoujonOpenEditionarticlemegalithismstelaephalloid stoneArchaeologyCC1-960History of the artsNX440-632ENFRAfrique Archéologie Arts, Vol 14, Pp 87-104 (2018)
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description	This article aims to revisit the question of phallic stelae erected on the Rift Valley foothills in Sidama, Gedeo and Guji zones. Results from R. Joussaume excavations tend to suggest these archeological sites could be the consequence of the accumulation of memorial stelae around a initial grave. This hypothesis, and others, can be discussed considering both sites and stelae diversity. Among the 46 sites known in the Gedeo area, 39 were enough documented to create a database permitting a typological and stylistic classification. This study gives details about the repartition of regional singularities, revealing a less homogeneous phenomenon than first though. Finally, it helps to put into perspective the socio-cultural variability of this ancient society and thus opens new fields of research like the implantation’s logic of this megalithic structures in the landscape of the Ethiopian Rift foothills.
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title	Des pierres phalloïdes par milliers en Éthiopie méridionale
title_short	Des pierres phalloïdes par milliers en Éthiopie méridionale
title_full	Des pierres phalloïdes par milliers en Éthiopie méridionale
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Des pierres phalloïdes par milliers en Éthiopie méridionale

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