Pathways to Statehood: Authority, legitimacy and Social Diversity in the Horn of Africa (11th-16th centuries)

Informazioni relative al progetto

StateHorn

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 853390

DOI

10.3030/853390

Progetto chiuso

Data della firma CE 8 Aprile 2020

Data di avvio 1 Giugno 2020

Data di completamento 31 Maggio 2026

Finanziato da

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Costo totale

€ 1 499 848,00

Contributo UE

€ 1 499 848,00

Coordinato da

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Spain

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Pubblicazioni

Conference proceedings (4)

Pots, settlements and state. The medieval potteries from a region of the Horn of Africa (Acta Belgrado 2024)

Autori: Mario Llorente García
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the Belgrade Conference on Archaeological Pottery, Numero In press, to be released in 2026, 2026, Pagina/e Available upon publication
Editore: University of Belgrado

The Meeting Ground: Mosques in the Horn of Africa during the Medieval Period

Autori: Jorge de Torres, Carolina Cornax-Gómez
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the Ethiopian Art and Architecture: Recent Studies with Focus on the 16th to the 18th Centuries. Rassegna di Studi Etiopici,, Numero 7 (3ª serie, LIV), 2023, Pagina/e 249–288, ISSN 0390-0096
Editore: "Dipartimento Asia, Africa e Mediterraneo, Università degli Studi di Napoli ""L'Orientale"""

New evidence of long-distance trade in Somaliland in Antiquity: Imported materials from the 2018-2019 field seasons at Xiis (Heis), first to third centuries AD

Autori: Fernández, A.; González-Ruibal, A. y de Torres, J.
Pubblicato in: Networked Spaces: The spatiality of networks in the Red Sea and Western Indian Ocean., 2022, Pagina/e 607-626, ISBN 978-2-35668-164-5
Editore: MOM Éditions (Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée – Jean Pouilloux)

Collapse? The end of the settlements in the Horn of Africa

Autori: Mario Llorente García
Pubblicato in: Actas de las Jornadas de Jóvenes Investigación en Arqueología (JIA), Numero In press, 2026
Editore: University of Granada

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Nomads Trading with Empires: Intercultural Trade in Ancient Somaliland in the First to Seventh Centuries CE

Autori: Alfredo González-Ruibal, Jorge de Torres, Candela Martínez Barrio, Manuel Antonio Franco Fernández, Adolfo Fernández Fernández, Pablo Gutiérrez de León Juberías, José Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros, Michela Gaudiello, Ahmed Jama Dualeh
Pubblicato in: American Journal of Archaeology, Numero 126, 2024, Pagina/e 103-138, ISSN 0002-9114
Editore: Archaeological Institute of America
DOI: 10.1086/718184

Gone with the wind. Urbanization and deurbanization processes in the medieval Muslim Horn of Africa: the case of Handoga (Djibouti)

Autori: Jorge Rouco Collazo, Jorge de Torres Rodríguez
Pubblicato in: World Archaeology, Numero 57, 2026, Pagina/e 46-64, ISSN 0043-8243
Editore: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2025.2545180

Entanglements, ontologies, and grinding stones at the medieval site of Handoga (Djibouti)

Autori: Jorge de Torres Rodríguez, Valeria Franco Salvi
Pubblicato in: World Archaeology, Numero 56, 2025, Pagina/e 237-252, ISSN 0043-8243
Editore: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2024.2407323

From cairns to graves: funerary transformations in medieval sedentary communities in the Islamic Horn of Africa

Autori: Carolina Cornax-Gómez, Jorge de Torres Rodríguez
Pubblicato in: Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, Numero 60, 2025, Pagina/e 105-139, ISSN 0067-270X
Editore: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/0067270x.2025.2455899

Urban mosques in the Horn of Africa during the medieval period

Autori: Carolina Cornax-Gómez, Jorge de Torres Rodríguez
Pubblicato in: Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, Numero 153, 2026, Pagina/e 37-64, ISSN 0997-1327
Editore: Edisud Publishers
DOI: 10.4000/remmm.19266

Kola’s Kingdom: The Territory of Abasa (Western Somaliland) during the Medieval Period

Autori: Jorge de Torres Rodríguez
Pubblicato in: International Journal of Historical Archaeology, Numero 28, 2024, Pagina/e 545-575, ISSN 1092-7697
Editore: Plenum Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10761-023-00721-7

Asia in the Horn. The Indian Ocean trade in Somaliland

Autori: Alfredo González-Ruibal, Jorge de Torres, Manuel Antonio Franco Fernández, Candela Martínez Barrio, Pablo Gutiérrez de León Juberías
Pubblicato in: Archaeological Research in Asia, Numero 27, 2025, Pagina/e 100289, ISSN 2352-2267
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ara.2021.100289

Borderland ceramics: Characterisation and contextualization of the archaeological potteries from the western Somaliland-Ethiopian border

Autori: Mario Llorente García
Pubblicato in: Azania: Archaoeological Research in Africa, Numero In press, to be released in 2026, 2026, Pagina/e Available upon publication, ISSN 1945-5534
Editore: Taylor & Francis

City of Traders: Urbanization, Social Change, and Territorial Control in Medieval Fardowsa (Central Somaliland)

Autori: Jorge de Torres Rodríguez, Alfredo González-Ruibal, Manuel Antonio Franco Fernández, Adrián de la Torre García, José Yravedra Sainz de los Terreros, Josephine Lesur
Pubblicato in: Journal of African Archaeology, Numero 22, 2024, Pagina/e 86-114, ISSN 1612-1651
Editore: Africa Magna Verlag
DOI: 10.1163/21915784-bja10038

The Guiding Sky. Funerary Orientations and Nomadic Movements in Somaliland during Antiquity

Autori: Carolina Cornax Gómez, A. César González-García, Jorge de Torres Rodriguez
Pubblicato in: Journal of Skyscape Archaeology, Numero 8 (1), 2022, Pagina/e 36-65, ISSN 2055-348X
Editore: Equinox Publishing
DOI: 10.1558/jsa.19238

The medieval town of Handoga (Djibouti). A report of the 2021 field season.

Autori: Torres, J. de, Ruibal González, A., Franco Fernández, M.A., Martínez Barrio, C.; Gutiérrez de León Juberías, P.; Cornax Gómez, C.; Minguito Palomares, A.; Abdi, S. and Osman, I.
Pubblicato in: Journal of Global Archaeology, Numero 2023, 2023, Pagina/e 204-237, ISSN 2701-5572
Editore: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
DOI: 10.34780/6i7g-e2fi

EL CUERNO VIRTUAL: ESTRATEGIAS DIGITALES PARA LA DOCUMENTACIÓN Y DIFUSIÓN DE LA ARQUEOLOGÍA DEL CUERNO DE ÁFRICA

Autori: Jorge De Torres Rodríguez, Manuel Antonio Franco Fernández, Pablo Aparicio Resco, Jorge Rouco Collazo
Pubblicato in: Cuadernos de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Granada, Numero 34, 2024, Pagina/e 207-240, ISSN 2659-9295
Editore: Editorial de la Universidad de Granada
DOI: 10.30827/cpag.v34i0.29401

Breaking Borders: The Medieval Archaeology of the Ethiopian-Somaliland Borderland

Autori: Jorge de Torres Rodríguez, Jorge Rouco Collazo, Valeria Leticia Franco Salvi, Manuel Antonio Franco Fernández, Mohamed Abdi Allamagen, Carolina Cornax Gómez, Mario Llorente García, Mesfin Getachew, Adrián de la Torre García, Juan Montegú, Worku Derara, Álvaro Minguito Palomares, Khalid Abdilahi Abdi
Pubblicato in: African Archaeological Review, Numero 2026, 2026, Pagina/e 1-42, ISSN 0263-0338
Editore: Cambridge University Press
DOI: 10.1007/s10437-026-09660-0

Non-peer reviewed articles (7)

A Chinese coin found in the medieval town of Handoga (Djibouti)

Autori: Cribb, J. and Torres Rodriguez, J. de
Pubblicato in: Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society, Numero 254, 2023, Pagina/e 10-13, ISSN 1818-1252
Editore: Oriental Numismatic Society

The 2023 archaeological survey in the AwBare region (Somali Region, Ethiopia).

Autori: Torres Rodríguez, J.; Franco Fernández, M.A.; Cornax Gómez, C.; Gete, M.; Derara, W.; Allamagen, M.; Minguito, A.; Shafi, A, and Yasine, M.
Pubblicato in: Nyame Akuma, Numero 100, 2023, Pagina/e 28-35, ISSN 0713-5815
Editore: Society of Africanist Archaeologists

The medieval occupation of the Gebiley region: Documenting the archaeology of Central Somaliland

Autori: Mohamed Abdi Allamagen, Jorge de Torres Rodríguez, Khalid Abdillahi Abdi, Jorge Rouco Collazo, Manuel Antonio Franco Fernández, Carolina Cornax-Gómez, Mario Llorente García, Adrián de la Torre García, and Juan Montegú
Pubblicato in: Nyame Akuma, Numero 104, 2025, Pagina/e 47-54, ISSN 0713-5815
Editore: Society of Africanist Archaeologists

The Medieval site of Dameraqad (Somaliland)

Autori: Cornax Gómez, Carolina
Pubblicato in: Nyame Akuma, Numero 99, 2023, Pagina/e 65-74, ISSN 0713-5815
Editore: Society of Africanist Archaeologists

Built on diversity: Statehood in Medieval Somaliland (12th-16th centuries AD)

Autori: Torres, J. de
Pubblicato in: Anejos de Nailos, Numero 6, 2020, Pagina/e 159-185, ISSN 2341-3573
Editore: Asociación de Profesionales Independientes de la Arqueología de Asturias (APIAA)

The Spanish Archaeological Mission in Somaliland

Autori: Jorge de Torres Rodríguez
Pubblicato in: Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies, Numero 22 (5), 2022, Pagina/e 39-68, ISSN 1528-6258
Editore: University of Macalester

The 2020 field season at the medieval settlement of Fardowsa (Somaliland)

Autori: Torres, J. de; González-Ruibal, A.; Franco, M.A.; Gutiérrez, P.; Martínez, C.; Minguito, A. and Dualeh, A.
Pubblicato in: Nyame Akuma, Numero 93, 2020, Pagina/e 28-35, ISSN 0713-5815
Editore: Society of Africanist Archaeologists

Book chapters (2)

Towns in a sea of nomads: territory and trade in Central Somaliland during the Medieval period

Autori: Jorge de Torres Rodríguez, Alfredo González-Ruibal, Manuel Antonio Franco Fernández, Candela Martínez Barrio and Pablo Gutiérrez de León Juberías
Pubblicato in: Shaping Cultural Landcapes. Connecting Agriculture, Crafts, Construction, Transport, and Resilience Strategies, 2022, Pagina/e 255-274, ISBN 9789464260953
Editore: Sidestone Press

The Medieval Archaeology of Somaliland

Autori: Jorge de Torres Rodriguez
Pubblicato in: Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology, Numero 1, 2026, Pagina/e 1-26, ISSN 2630-4651
Editore: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190854584.013.566

Other (1)

The StateHorn Project: Authority, Legitimacy and Social Diversity in the Horn of Africa (11th-16th centuries)

Autori: de Torres Rodríguez, J.
Pubblicato in: The Bulletin of the International Association for the Study of Arabia, Numero 26, 2021, Pagina/e 48-49
Editore: International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA)