The Archaeology of Power through the Lens of Architecture, Ritual, and Astronomy in the Ancient Ìjẹ̀bú Kingdom
Situated in present-day southwestern Nigeria, the archaeology of the Ijebu Kingdom is a chapter in Yoruba history that explores the ways in which architecture, astronomy, and ritual intersects and interacts to define the Ijebu-Yoruba polity (Lasisi 2023). The investigation commenced with an examina...
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Afrique : Archéologie et Arts
2023
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| Accès en ligne: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | Situated in present-day southwestern Nigeria, the archaeology of the Ijebu Kingdom is a chapter in Yoruba history that explores the ways in which architecture, astronomy, and ritual intersects and interacts to define the Ijebu-Yoruba polity (Lasisi 2023). The investigation commenced with an examination of Sungbo’s Eredo, the enclosure demarcating the Ijebu kingdom from the rest of the Yoruba land (Lloyd 1959; Lasisi & Aremu 2016; Lasisi 2017; Chouin & Lasisi 2019). This fortification is up t... |
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