Historical Archaeology in Nigeria

Historical Archaeology in Nigeria
Author :
Publisher : Africa World Press
Total Pages : 380
Release :
ISBN-10 : 086543610X
ISBN-13 : 9780865436107
Rating : 4/5 (107 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Historical Archaeology in Nigeria by : Kit W. Wesler

Download or read book Historical Archaeology in Nigeria written by Kit W. Wesler and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The case studies included in this collection range from the coast of Lagos State, through the Yoruba inland, once dominated by Oyo and Ibadan, to Benin City, seat of the great pre-colonial empire, north to Zungeru, seat of colonial administration under Lord Lugard, and the Jos Plateau, homeland of the Ron; and south again to the Niger Delta, where the Nigerian people first began their historic interaction with Portuguese explorers.


Historical Archaeology in Nigeria Related Books

Historical Archaeology in Nigeria
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Kit W. Wesler
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: Africa World Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The case studies included in this collection range from the coast of Lagos State, through the Yoruba inland, once dominated by Oyo and Ibadan, to Benin City, se
Imprints of the Archaeology of Northern Nigeria
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Abubakar Sani Sule
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021 - Publisher: British Archaeological Reports (Oxford) Limited

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The book sheds new light on socio-cultural developments of northern Nigeria in the last 2000 years relying on primary data from excavations, archives and oral s
Archaeology, Language, and the African Past
Language: en
Pages: 392
Authors: R. Blench
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Rowman Altamira

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Scholarly work that attempts to match linguistic and archaeological evidence in precolonial Africa
The Yoruba
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Akinwumi Ogundiran
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-03 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Yoruba: A New History is the first transdisciplinary study of the two-thousand-year journey of the Yoruba people, from their origins in a small corner of th
African Historical Archaeologies
Language: en
Pages: 407
Authors: Andrew M. Reid
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-28 - Publisher: Springer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This volume explores the range of interactions between the historical sources and archaeology that are available on the African continent. Written by a range of