Igbo-Ukwu at 50: A Symposium on Recent Archaeological Research and Analysis

As an introduction to several papers from the “Igbo-Ukwu at 50” symposium in September 2021, this article reviews the history of the discoveries and excavations, the early debates over chronology, and more recent research contributions that refine and expand our understanding of this unique site. Th...

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Autor principal: McIntosh, Susan Keech
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Publicado: Springer US 2022
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Introduction
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9640786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36405395
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10437-022-09495-5
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spelling pubmed-96407862022-11-14 Igbo-Ukwu at 50: A Symposium on Recent Archaeological Research and Analysis McIntosh, Susan Keech Afr Archaeol Rev Introduction As an introduction to several papers from the “Igbo-Ukwu at 50” symposium in September 2021, this article reviews the history of the discoveries and excavations, the early debates over chronology, and more recent research contributions that refine and expand our understanding of this unique site. These include new field investigations at Igbo Ukwu, new radiocarbon dates, textile analysis, chemical analyses of glass, and carnelian beads plus lead isotope analyses of leaded bronze and copper artifacts to identify source areas, and metallographic studies. Springer US 2022-11-07 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC9640786/ /pubmed/36405395 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10437-022-09495-5 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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