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Title:An Initial Assessment of Prehistoric Ceramic Production and Exchange in Northern Yoruba, North Central Nigeria: Results of Ceramic Compositional Analysis
Authors:Usman, Aribidesi A.ISNI
Speakman, Robert J.ISNI
Glascock, Michael D.ISNI
Year:2005
Periodical:African Archaeological Review
Volume:22
Issue:3
Period:September
Pages:141-168
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:archaeology
prehistory
Yoruba
pottery
mercantile history
culture contact
History and Exploration
Anthropology and Archaeology
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10437-005-8042-6
Abstract:Instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) was employed on 201 ceramic and clay samples from the Igbomina region of northern Yoruba in Nigeria. Ceramic data were obtained from 13 settlement sites spread over four Igbomina localities whose dates range between AD 1400 and AD 1800, and five raw clay samples from riverbeds and modern potters located in the Igbomina culture area. Quantitative analysis of the INAA data resulted in identification of four ceramic compositional groups that can be attributed to specific locales within the region. These results indicate that ceramics were moved within and among various Igbomina geographic areas and villages as well Ilorin (a Yoruba centre located northeast of Igbomina). Results generated from this analysis indicate the tremendous potential for examining regional interaction in Yorubaland immediately before and during the Old Oyo period (fifteenth to the eighteenth century AD), a time of sociopolitical and settlement change. Bibliogr., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]
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