Booco is an
archaeological site
An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology an ...
in the northeastern
Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy a ...
province of
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
.
Overview
Booco is situated in the
Aluula District
Alula District ( so, Caluula District) is a district in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. Its capital lies at Alula. This district contains Cape Guardafui, the very northeastern tip of the Horn of Africa. In the northeast, it faces the Gu ...
, near
Aluula
Alula ( so, Caluula, ar, ุนูููุฉ), also spelled Aluula, is a coastal town in the northeastern Bari region and is part of the autonomous state of Puntland, on the coast of the Guardafui Channel. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it ser ...
.
The site features a number of ancient structures. Two of these are enclosed platform monuments set together, which are surrounded by small
stone circle
A stone circle is a ring of standing stones. Most are found in Northwestern Europe โ especially in Britain, Ireland, and Brittany โ and typically date from the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, with most being built from 3000 BC. The be ...
s. The circles of stone are believed to mark associated graves.
See also
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Damo
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Mosylon
Mosylon ( grc, ฮฮฟฯฯ
ฮปฮปฯฮฝ and ฮฯฯฯ
ฮปฮฟฮฝ), also known as Mosullon, was an ancient proto-Somali trading center on or near the site that later became the city of Bosaso.
History
Mosylon was the most prominent emporium on the Red Sea coas ...
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Somali aristocratic and court titles
This is a list of Somali aristocratic and court titles that were historically used by the Somali people's various sultanates, Realm, kingdoms and empires. Also included are the honorifics reserved for Islamic notables as well as traditional leaders ...
Notes
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References
Booco, Somalia
Archaeological sites in Somalia
Ancient Somalia
Bari, Somalia
Archaeological sites of Eastern Africa