Nok culture
Early West African culture known for terracotta sculptures and ironworking.
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Nok culture may have emerged in 1500 BCE and continued until 1 BCE.[1]
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The Africa 101 Last Tribes account states that Nok culture appeared in Nigeria around 1500 BC and vanished around 500 AD.[5] The same source notes that iron use appears in Nok culture by at least 550 BC and possibly a few centuries earlier.[5] The Nigeria Information & Guide describes Nok village as located in Jaba Local Government in southern Kaduna State, northern Nigeria.[6] The Africa 101 Last Tribes account reports that Nok peoples may have migrated into central Nigeria and brought cultivated pearl millet between 1500 BCE and 900 BCE.[5]
The same source states that the Nok culture employed a mixed cropping method of cultivating cowpeas and pearl millet.[5] The Africa 101 Last Tribes account also notes that no animal bones from the Nok culture have been preserved due to acidic soil.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Nok culture" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Champion, "A question of rite—pearl millet consumption at Nok culture sites, Nigeria (second/first millennium BC)", Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 15 December 2022, p. 263–283; Breunig, "Exploring the Nok Culture", Goethe University, January 2017, p. 24; Champion, "A question of rite—pearl millet consumption at Nok culture sites, Nigeria (second/first millennium BC)", Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 15 December 2022, p. 263–283 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nok culture" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shaw, "The Nok sculptures of Nigeria", Scientific American, 1981, p. 154–166 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nok culture" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dunne, "Making the invisible visible: tracing the origins of plants in West African cuisine through archaeobotanical and organic residue analysis", Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2022; Ramsamy, "Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia", SAGE Publications, January 5, 2012, p. 8; Rupp, "New Studies on the Nok Culture of Central Nigeria", Journal of African Archaeology, 2005, p. 287; Champion, "A question of rite—pearl millet consumption at Nok culture sites, Nigeria (second/first millennium BC)", en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Nok culture" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Nok art of Ancient Nigeria", Vanguard, September 28, 2011; Chesi, G. & Merzeder, G. (2006). The Nok Culture: Art in Nigeria 2500 Years Ago (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- "AFRICA 101 Last Tribes - Nok people", www.101lasttribes.com. facts only, no text reused. 101lasttribes.com
- "The Ancient Nok Culture Kaduna State", Nigeria Information & Guide. facts only, no text reused. nigeriagalleria.com
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- Wikipedia: Nok culture (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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