b 11 Brooklyn, Threshfield, North Yorkshire BD23 5ER, United KingdomOutstanding questions about ancient Aksum (Tigray, Ethiopia), which emerged as the capital city of a powerful kingdom between the first/second and seventh/ eighth centuries AD, include the reasons for its particular location in the highlands of northern Ethiopia. Its situation at the hub of a radiating network of river valleys along which developed a complex system of communication and exchange routes linking the area with the surrounding regions was probably most significant. Analysis of recent discoveries from archaeological surveys provides an assessment of the short-and medium-range exchange circuits in which the Aksum area was involved. New evidence of the intra-regional circulation of chert precores is presented, directly illustrating an aspect of the distribution of relatively low value materials within Aksum's wider economy.Les questions non encore résolues au sujet d'Aksum ancien (Tigray, Ethiopie), qui émergea comme la capitale d'un puissant royaume entre les premier/deuxième et septième/huitième siècles ap. J.C., incluent les raisons de sa localisation particulière dans les hauteurs du nord de l'Ethiopie. Le facteur le plus significatif était probablement sa situation au centre d'un réseau rayonnant de vallées, le long desquelles se développa un système complexe d'itinéraires de communication et d'échange qui liait la zone avec les régions environnantes. L'analyse des découvertes récentes issues de reconnaissances archéologiques fournit une évaluation des circuits d'échange à courte et moyenne distance dans lesquels la zone d'Aksum était impliquée. De nouveaux témoignages de la circulation intrarégionale de pré-noyaux de silex sont présentés, illustrant directement un aspect de la distribution de matériaux de valeur relativement basse dans l'économie plus large d'Aksum.
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