Statements (33)
Predicate | Object |
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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
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