scholarly contextsupported
Archaeological research places characteristic Nok terracotta in the first millennium BCE and cautions against older assumptions that terracotta, iron and centralized political complexity necessarily emerged together.
Nok terracotta tradition
A central Nigerian sculptural tradition distinguished by highly standardized terracotta figures.
Living heritageNigeriamaterial culture1 claim · 0 sources
Context
Across time
Historical context
Archaeological research places characteristic Nok terracotta in the first millennium BCE and cautions against older assumptions that terracotta, iron and centralized political complexity necessarily emerged together.
Contemporary context
Nok objects remain central to scholarship, museum interpretation and debates about archaeological heritage and illicit trafficking.
Evidence
Evidence & interpretations
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