45021
Accession Number
8276
Title Of Article Chaper
The Nok sculptures of Nigeria
Title Of Journal Book
Scientific American
Volume
244
Issue
2
Pages
154-166
Collation
maps.
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The discoveries of approximately two hundred terra cotta sculptures in central Nigeria overthe past 53 years. The Nok-style terra cotta figures in various sizes share certain stylistic conventions. <sub>14</sub>C dating of samples from the discovery sites date the Nok deposits to the last half millennium B.C. -- AATA
pub_id
45021