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Title:The archaeology of northern Nigeria: trade, people and polities, 1500 BP onwards
Authors:Sule, Abubakar Sani
Haour, AnneISNI
Year:2014
Periodical:Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa (ISSN 1945-5534)
Volume:49
Issue:4
Pages:439-462
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:archaeology
archaeological artefacts
Iron Age
External link:https://doi.org/10.1080/0067270X.2014.968330
Abstract:This paper offers an overview of archaeological work carried out in the northern part of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and dealing with sites of the past 1500 years ('Historical' and 'Iron Age'). Selecting case studies spanning the past 40 years, it discusses both well-published and less well-published evidence and pays particular attention to setting research within the institutional context of archaeology in Nigeria. It concludes with recommendations for future work and, in particular, calls for a move away from focusing on excavation and for much more sustained post-excavation analyses, including revisiting material, such as pottery, that is currently languishing in the archives of Nigerian institutions. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]
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