Werede Hagos is a MA student in African Archaeology and Amharic language instructor at the University of Florida. His studies involve the prehistory of East Africa, with a special focus on the Central Highlands of Eritrea, Northern Ethiopia, and Somalia. He holds his first degree from the University of Asmara, Eritrea, and he is one of the first archaeologists in the country. While at the University of Asmara, he participated in research and documentation of Ona sites (sites located in the central highlands of Eritrea).
During this study, Hagos and his colleagues documented thousands of archaeological sites which dated 2800 years BP. He was a graduate assistant while at the University of Asmara, and worked in the National Museum of Eritrea and Ministry of Tourism. In 2007, Hagos published a chapter, “The role of Ona sites in the development of the Eritrean Tourism Industry: An Insider’s Perspective” in The Archaeology of Ancient Eritrea (2007. Eds. Peter R. Schmidt, Matthew C. Curtis and Zelalem Teka). Currently, he is working on Eritrean archaeology and an analysis of Somalian prehistoric pottery.