Archaeological Investigations of Early Glass Production at Igbo-Olokun, Ile-Ife (Nigeria)
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Archaeological Investigations of Early Glass Production at Igbo-Olokun, Ile-Ife (Nigeria)
Description
The sacred grove at Igbo Olokun, located in Ile-Ife, Southwestern Nigeria, has long been known for the massive quantities of glass beads (fig. 1-4) present on the surface and in subsurface deposits. Overshadowed by the bravura terracotta and copper alloy sculptures of human heads that characterize the so-called Classic period (12th-15th century A.D.) of Ife’s history, the glass materials at Igbo Olokun have received relatively cursory attention. Few of these materials have been described in a...
Creator
Babalola, Abidemi Babatunde
Publisher
CNRS - UMR 8068 Technologie et Ethnologie des Mondes PréhistoriqueS - TEMPS
Afrique : Archéologie et Arts
Date
2015-12-23
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/other
article
Identifier
urn:doi:10.4000/aaa.545
http://journals.openedition.org/aaa/545
Language
en
Relation
info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1634-3123
info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2431-2045
Coverage
Nigéria/Nigeria
Ile-Ife
Igbo-Olokun
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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