Adulis in its Regional Maritime Context. A Preliminary Report of the 2015 Field Season

In February 2015 a joint team of archaeologist, geo-archaeologists and geomorphologist from Massawa and Asmara museums and the “L’Orientale” and AixMarseille universities, resumed these investigations in the Adulis region. The survey focused on the hills/paleo-islands of Galala and in the Irafalo bay with the aim to identify archaeological evidence and to reconstruct the history of the vegetation and coastal paleo-geography since 6000 years. Other investigations focused to the north of Adulis and along the Haddas river bed, from Adulis to the coast, with the aim to assess archeological evidence, to reconstruct the history of the fluvial activity and to assess flood risk for the site.