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Four millennia of cultural history in Nigeria (ca. 2000 B.C. - A.D. 1900)
Journal of world prehistory • 19 (2) • Published In 2005 • Pages: 133-168
By: Ogundiran, Akinwumi.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This retrospective on the author’s own fieldwork also provides an overview of archaeological research in Nigeria covering the Late Stone Age to the nineteenth and even twentieth centuries, identifying gaps knowledge at the time of writing. Most excavations focused on cities in order to understand urbanization, states formation, increasing social complexity, and developments in metallurgy—processes critical for understanding the West African Regional Development Tradition. In contrast, archaeological investigations focusing on recent centuries sought to shed light on the acculturation that occurred with the advent of Atlantic trading networks.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Sociocultural trends
- External trade
- Status, role, and prestige
- Territorial hierarchy
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Regional Development
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1971, 1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4000-100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Akinwumi Ogundiran
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-168)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87655790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Regional Development