Maps of North
Early Dispersal of Afroasiatic (Blench)
The Early Dispersal of Afroasiatic
Map Creator: Roger Blench
Source: Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. 2006. Lanham: AltaMira Press. p. 159.
Date Created: 2006
Map Description:
This map illustrates the early homelands (> 10000 B.C.E and > 7500 B.C.E. respectively) of Afroasiatic as well as the homelands of the Omotic and Cushitic speakers. Surrounding the speaker locations are the migration paths the Cushitic groups took as they moved, as discussed by Roger Blench. Combined with his map entitled "The Later Dispersal of Afroasiatic", it presents a model which explains the distribution of Afroasiatic languages prior to the Arabic expansion beginning in the seventh century.
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Later Dispersal of Afroasiatic (Blench)
The Inter-Saharan Hypothesis (Blench)
Source: Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. 2006. Lanham: AltaMira Press. p. 159.
Date Created: 2006
Map Description:
This map illustrates the early homelands (> 10000 B.C.E and > 7500 B.C.E. respectively) of Afroasiatic as well as the homelands of the Omotic and Cushitic speakers. Surrounding the speaker locations are the migration paths the Cushitic groups took as they moved, as discussed by Roger Blench. Combined with his map entitled "The Later Dispersal of Afroasiatic", it presents a model which explains the distribution of Afroasiatic languages prior to the Arabic expansion beginning in the seventh century.
Other resources related to this project:
Later Dispersal of Afroasiatic (Blench)
The Inter-Saharan Hypothesis (Blench)
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The Spread of Cushitic and Omotic (Newman)
The Spread of Cushitic and Omotic
Map Creator: James L. Newman
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press: p. 53.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
This map outlines the early years of Cushitic spreading and some of the resulting diversity. In his book, Newman discusses how changes in agriculture lead to the diversification of Cushitic. Central Cushitic developed among grain cultivators and herders, and when groups migrated south into Tanzania and Kenya, their language became what is now known as southern Cushitic. Northern Cushitic was located predominantly in the arid lowlands, while the eastern branch was located in the southern rift valleys. He argues that ensete cultivators, which had once been thought to speak "western Cushitic", were most likely Omotic speakers.
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press: p. 53.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
This map outlines the early years of Cushitic spreading and some of the resulting diversity. In his book, Newman discusses how changes in agriculture lead to the diversification of Cushitic. Central Cushitic developed among grain cultivators and herders, and when groups migrated south into Tanzania and Kenya, their language became what is now known as southern Cushitic. Northern Cushitic was located predominantly in the arid lowlands, while the eastern branch was located in the southern rift valleys. He argues that ensete cultivators, which had once been thought to speak "western Cushitic", were most likely Omotic speakers.
Note: Scanned or downloaded images have been geo-registered for compatibility with our project interface. Slight imperfections are an inevitable result of the registration process. View original image(s) to see the unaltered map(s).