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The Nok culture is a population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of Nok in southern Kaduna State of Nigeria, where their terracotta sculptures ...
Nok terracotta figurine of a man on horseback. Taruga is just one of the sites in central Nigeria where artifacts from the Nok culture have been excavated. Since 1945, similar figurines and pottery have been found in many other locations in the area, often uncovered accidentally by modern tin miners, and dating from before 500 BC to 200 AD. [3]
He excavated the Rop rock shelter on the Jos Plateau in 1944, a site that contained both early stone-age implements and later artifacts, including pottery about 2000 years old. [2] Fagg first encountered archaeological finds of what became later known as the Nok culture, after the village of Nok where the first terracotta figurines where found. [1]
Samun Dukiya is an archeological site in Nigeria in the Nok valley where artifacts from the Nok culture have been found, dating to between 300 BC and 100 BC. [1] Radiocarbon dating indicates that the site was occupied between 2500 and 2000 years ago. [2] No traces of occupation before the Iron Age have been found. [3]
Nok is a village in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. ... The artifacts were discovered in 1943 during mining operations. [3]
The museum houses the collections of artifacts belonging to different cultures of the ethnic groups in Nigeria. The size of the collection is estimated at 47,000 objects, [24] [25] made of different materials such as wood, ivory, metal and terracotta. The artifacts include masks, textiles, drums, dane guns and wooden figures. [26]
Southern Kaduna is composed of closely related ethnic groups and several subgroups united by a common culture and history.James (2000) classified these people based on their ethno-linguistic affinities under the topic "The Middle Belt (Composition of the Nok Culture Area)", and grouping the subgroups into the following groups: [7]
Nok sculpture on display in Paris. 8000 B.C. – Creation of oldest currently known artifacts and stone shelters. Igboland mostly occupied by foragers, including Bantu ancestors. 3000–500 B.C. – Development of agriculture (probably including yam cultivation) and animal husbandry. 500 B.C. – A.D. 200 – Nok culture flourishes in Northern ...