Al'adar Nok

Al'adar Nok, da turanci Nok culture takasance wata al'umma ce da suka rayu tun a Zamanin Karfe, kuma ayyukansu da kayayyakinsu wadanda akasamu a yankin ake dangantasu da sunan mutanen kauyen Ham  dake garin Nok din jihar Kadunan Nijeriya, wanda ananne aka samu shahararrun sarrafe-sarrafan ayyukan su na farko a shekara ta 1928. Al'adun Nok dai ansamesu ne a arewacin Najeriya tun a 1500 BC Breunig, Peter. 2014. Nok: African Sculpture in Archaeological Context: p. 21. kuma sun lalace ne a shekarar 500 AD batare da wani abu ba, amma dai sun sauki kusan shekaru 2,000 kafin lalacewarsu.Fagg, Bernard. 1969. Recent work in west Africa: New light on the Nok culture. World Archaeology 1(1): 41–50.
Amfani da karafa, da kyere-kyeren kayayyaki da kira anfara su a garin Nok tun kusan 550 BC ko kafin nan ma, Bayanai da aka samu musamman cikin amfani da kuma harsunan su ya nuna cewar anfara sune tun a kafin shekarar 1000 BC.Duncan E. Miller and N.J. Van Der Merwe, 'Early Metal Working in Sub Saharan Africa' Journal of African History 35 (1994) 1-36Minze Stuiver and N.J. Van Der Merwe, 'Radiocarbon Chronology of the Iron Age in Sub-Saharan Africa' Current Anthropology 1968. Tylecote 1975 (see below) ayyukan dasuka shafi kimiyya sun faro ne a shekarata 2005, kawai Dan ayi binciken yankunan da  akwai birne birne a garin, da kuma dan fahimtar sarrafe sarrafan aladun mutanen musamman na zamanin karafa.Breunig, P. (2014). Nok. African Sculpture in Archaeological Context. Frankfurt: Africa Magna.Breunig, P. (2013). Nok - Ein Ursprung afrikanischer Skulptur. Frankfurt: Africa Magna Verlag.Breunig, Peter, Kahlheber, Stefanie, and Rupp, Nicole. Exploring the Nok enigma. In: Antiquity Vol 82 Issue 316 June 2008

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