book chapter
A wall and ditch system north of Benin City
archaeology of Benin : excavations and other researches in and around Benin City, Nigeria • Oxford • Published In 1975 • Pages: 237-242
By: Rees, A. R. (Alun Rocyn).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
An earthwork or wall-and-ditch system to the north of Benin City is at least 16.5 miles long and encloses an area of about 17 square miles. The author speculates it may have enclosed a village, while admitting that the relationship of the earthworks to other features in the surrounding landscape or to the walls of Benin City remain unclear, and the date of construction is uncertain (the date range given is for archaeological deposits at Benin City).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Archaeological survey methods
- Flora
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Land use
- Settlement patterns
- 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
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Botanist
- 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; 2022
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1961-1962
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1075-1897 AD
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Main Station of the Nigerian Institute for Oil Palm Research, Okohuo, Edo, Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- By A. R. Rees
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76361982
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Regional Development