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Nupe people. The Nupe (traditionally called the Nupawa by the Hausas and Tapa by the neighbouring Yoruba) are an ethnic group native to North Central Nigeria. They are the dominant ethnic group in Niger State and a minority in Kwara State. The Nupe are also present in Kogi State and The Federal Capital Territory. [4][5]
Map of early human migrations based on the Out of Africa theory; figures are in thousands of years ago (kya). [1]The peopling of the Americas began when Paleolithic hunter-gatherers (Paleo-Indians) entered North America from the North Asian Mammoth steppe via the Beringia land bridge, which had formed between northeastern Siberia and western Alaska due to the lowering of sea level during the ...
Examples of Clovis and other Paleoindian point forms, markers of archaeological cultures in North America. The Solutrean hypothesis on the peopling of the Americas is the claim that the earliest human migration to the Americas began from Europe during the Solutrean Period, with Europeans traveling along pack ice in the Atlantic Ocean.
Bassa Nge people. The Bassa Nge are an ethnic group in Nigeria that traces its history back to 1805. They originally inhabited Gbara which was formerly the capital of the Nupe Kingdom. The Bassa Nge migrated from their homeland in Bida due to a dynastic feud in about 1820. They are formerly the largest of Nupe groups, with a population of about ...
Agbede is an ancient community. In precolonial times, it was the area through which iron was smelted for the Benin Empire warriors. The Agbedes and unemes were the Benin empire smelters. There is a school of thought that says Unemes are Agbede Ayuele and Agbedes are Unemes. The only difference is their geographical spread and linguistical ...
Nupe (also known as Anufe, Nupenci, Nyinfe, and Tapa [3]) is a Volta–Niger language of the Nupoid branch primarily spoken by the Nupe people of the North Central region of Nigeria. Its geographical distribution stretches and maintains pre-eminence in Niger State as well as Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa and the Federal Capital Territory. [4]
The archaeology of the Americas is the study of the archaeology of the Western Hemisphere, including North America (Mesoamerica), Central America, South America and the Caribbean. This includes the study of pre-historic/ Pre-Columbian and historic indigenous American peoples, as well as historical archaeology of more recent eras, including the ...
Eastern Woodlands. Woodland period, 1000 BC–1000 AD. Adena, 1000–200 BC, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky, and parts of Pennsylvania and New York. Hopewell culture, 200 BC–500 AD, Southeastern Canada and eastern United States. Troyville culture, 400–700 AD, Louisiana and Mississippi. Coles Creek culture, 700–1200 AD, Arkansas ...