Nok people

GPTKB entity

Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:artifacts
ancient people
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Nok
gptkb:Taruga
Samun Dukiya
Kusugu
gptkbp:burialPractice unknown
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:culture iron
stone tools
terracotta
gptkbp:disappeared c. 500 CE
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1928
gptkbp:economy gptkb:hunting
gptkb:gathering
agriculture
ironworking
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Bernhard_Fagg
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nok people
gptkbp:influenced later West African cultures
gptkbp:knownFor terracotta sculptures
early iron smelting
gptkbp:language unknown
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Nok_village
gptkbp:period c. 1500 BCE – 500 CE
gptkbp:potteryDecoration decorated ceramics
gptkbp:region gptkb:West_Africa
gptkbp:significance earliest known producers of life-sized terracotta in Sub-Saharan Africa
gptkbp:style stylized human figures
figurative terracotta
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list Nok Culture Sites
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iron_Age_in_Africa
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7