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Ife and its Archaeology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

Frank Willett
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No general account of the archaeology of Ife has ever been published, although the demand for such an account has been increasing with the growing interest in the art of Ife. This paper attempts to fill the gap by providing a survey of the investigations which have been conducted there. The reader is also referred to a paper by William Fagg and the present author which attempts to summarize the reliable factual knowledge about Ancient Ife, inferring from the archaeological finds evidence of the materials which have not survived. So far as possible repetition here of material contained in that paper is avoided. Moreover, since the archaeologist who works on ethnohistoric problems has other means of investigation than the pick and shovel, this paper will refer to ethnographic accounts as well as to excavations.

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Research Article
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The Journal of African History , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 1960 , pp. 231 - 248
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1960

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