Four Millennia of Cultural History in Nigeria (ca. 2000 B.C.–A.D. 1900): Archaeological Perspectives

@article{Ogundiran2005FourMO,
  title={Four Millennia of Cultural History in Nigeria (ca. 2000 B.C.–A.D. 1900): Archaeological Perspectives},
  author={Akinwumi O. Ogundiran},
  journal={Journal of World Prehistory},
  year={2005},
  volume={19},
  pages={133-168}
}
  • A. Ogundiran
  • Published 1 June 2005
  • History
  • Journal of World Prehistory
This essay is an analysis of archaeological contributions to the understanding of Nigeria's cultural history between ca. 2000 B.C. and A.D. 1900 focusing on the following themes: the origins of food production; development and transformations in metallurgical traditions; the beginnings of social complexity; and the character of state formation and urbanism. The transformations in everyday material life as a result of the entanglement with the Atlantic commerce and ethnoarchaeological approaches… 
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