The Nok Culture - National Geographic Society
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · The Nok culture was one of the earliest known societies of Western Africa. It existed in modern-day Nigeria from around 500 B.C.E. to 200 C.E. The Nok farmed crops and used iron tools. Historians and archaeologists refer to this culture as the Nok culture because artifacts were first discovered near
The Highly Advanced and Mysterious Ancient Civilization of the Nok
WEBMar 5, 2023 · The remarkable civilization of the Nok was first discovered in 1928 when a wealth of unique terracotta artifacts was unearthed by tin miners in the southern part of Kaduna state in central Nigeria.
Nok Culture - World History Encyclopedia
WEBMar 27, 2019 · Famous for the distinctive terracotta sculptures of human heads and figures, Nok was the first known culture in West Africa to produce such art and perhaps the first sub-Saharan culture to perfect iron-smelting technology.
Nok culture - Wikipedia
WEBThe Nok culture is a population whose material remains are named after the Ham village of Nok in southern Kaduna State of Nigeria, where their terracotta sculptures were first discovered in 1928. [1][2] The Nok people and the Gajiganna people may have migrated from the Central Sahara, along with pearl millet and pottery, diverged prior to arrivi...
Nok culture | African, Terracotta, Sculptures | Britannica
WEBNok culture, ancient Iron Age culture that existed on the Benue Plateau of Nigeria between about 500 bce and 200 ce. First discovered in 1928 in the small tin-mining village of Nok, artifacts of similar features were found over an area that stretched about 300 miles (480 km) east to west and 200.
Nok Art Was Early Sculptural Pottery in West Africa - ThoughtCo
WEBJan 25, 2020 · Nok art is the earliest known sculptural terracotta art in West Africa, found throughout Nigeria and made between 500 BC and 500 AD.
Nok Terracottas (500 B.C.–200 A.D.) - The Metropolitan Museum …
WEBOne of the earliest African centers of ironworking and terracotta figure production, the Nok culture remains an enigma. Most Nok sculpture is hollow and coil-built like pottery.
Was Nok Culture Sub-Saharan Africa's earliest civilization?
WEBSep 1, 2018 · Nok Culture spanned the end of the Neolithic (Stone Age) and start of the Iron Age in sub-Saharan Africa, and may be the oldest organized society in sub-Saharan Africa; current research suggests it predated the founding of Rome by some 500 years.
The Discovery of Nigeria’s Nok Culture - History Today
WEBThe Nok people of Nigeria were smelters of iron but also agriculturalists. The culture they founded may have a deep effect on the ancient history of Africa.
Features - The Nok of Nigeria - Archaeology Magazine
WEBJul 1, 2011 · Unlocking the secrets of West Africa's earliest known civilization. A terracotta head created by the Nok culture, one of ancient West Africa's most advanced civilizations, emerges at a...
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