3. The Ancient Metal Workings in East Nigeria.

Justice, Jacqueline; Johnston, H. H.

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“…The answer must be related to the possibility that the Nok peoples were supplying a vital commodity, tin. From the tin beads5 and 'spirals of pure tin' found within the area of the Nok culture, it appears that the natives were utilizing and smelting, albeit on a small scale, local tin-bearing cassiterite (Justice, 1922 : 3 4 ; Davies, 1967:26 & 256). These cowriform tin beads are almost certainly from the same horizon as the material evi-dence for iron-smelting (Shaw, 1969a : 191).…”

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A Nigerian Tin Trade in Antiquity?

Taylor

1982

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary: Eighteen hundred miles due south of Carthage, across the Sahara, lies one of the richest sources of tin in the modern world. Here, the Bauchi region of northern Nigeria contains extensive deposits of alluvial cassiterite. This is a singularly important geological feature, since stream tin, as it is more commonly known, was the only tin ore profitably available in antiquity (Muhly, 1973: 248). This paper, as the title implies, is concerned with the question of whether Carthage received tin from this particular area of West Africa.1 There are certain considerations that suggest such a possibility, but the evidence is tantalizingly nebulous, making answers both inconclusive and speculative.

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A Nigerian Tin Trade in Antiquity?

Taylor

1982

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“…Tin occurs in Nigeria in large quantities, and was anciently exploited, but how far back into the past is not known (Justice 1922;Meek 1925. pp. 151-5;F a g 1946, pp.…”

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