Nigeria (Subscribe)
Links
Sukur Cultural Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/938
UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a justification for inscription.
Settlement Archaeology in Nigeria
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/arch/news/wac/ogund1e.html
The history of scientific archaeological research in Nigeria and its relatively recent development.
Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1118
UNESCO World Heritage site. Includes photographs, maps, a description of the site and a statement of significance.
Nok Terracottas (500 BC200 AD)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nok/hd_nok.htm
The Nok culture remains an enigma. It is one of the earliest African centers of ironworking and terracotta figure production.
Ife Pre-Pavement and Pavement Era (8001000 A.D.)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/pave/hd_pave.htm
Article on this ancient Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
Ife (from ca. 350 B.C.)
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ife/hd_ife.htm
Article on this city which, according to the Yoruba people, is where the founding deities Oduduwa and Obatala began the creation of the world.
Fragments of Stone Sculptures from Igbomina
http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/usman/index.html
In 1933, H. G. Ramshaw, the CMS School Inspector for the Oro area, informed the public of the presence of stone figures in the area. Over 800 pieces of carved stone, mostly representing human figures, are located at Esie in western Igbomina.
Archaeology in Northeastern Nigeria
http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~sfb268/c7/tc7.htm
Study from the University of Frankfurt which examines what archaeological discoveries in northeastern Nigeria have revealed about the history and culture of the area.