Yonas Beyene

Yonas Beyene is an Ethiopian archaeologist. He is known for his works on the Paleolithic archaeology of Konso[1] and the Middle Awash, Ethiopia.[2] Recently, he prepared the Nomination Files that eventually led to the registration of the Konso Cultural Landscape of southern Ethiopia in UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2011.[3]

He graduated from Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, in 1991.

He is a Program Director in the Association for Research and Conservation of Culture and a research affiliate of the French Center for Ethiopian Studies, Addis Ababa.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pnas.org/content/110/5/1584.short
  2. ↑ https://middleawash.berkeley.edu/middle_awash/leadership.php
  3. ↑ http://congresobuenaspracticaspm.blogspot.com/2015/02/interview-with-yonas-beyene.html
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