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Aliyu Adamu Isa

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ID660518
NAMEAliyu Adamu Isa
GIVEN NAMESAliyu Adamu
FAMILY NAMEIsa
SIGNATUREISA A A
AFFILIATIONSAhmadu Bello University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0
  • New perspectives on the emergence and growth of Surame, northwest Nigeria

    Aliyu Adamu Isa•ARTICLE•Azania Archaeological Research in…•2025•References: 17

    The Hausa city-states of northern Nigeria appear abruptly in written records only around the latter half of the second millennium AD when Islam linked them to a global network and a tradition of literacy but almost nothing is known about their various stages of growth. Surame, in the Kebbi River Valley and linked to the kingdom of Kebbi, is a key site that has excellent survival of both archaeological monuments and occupation layers corresponding…

  • Some Ethnoarchaeological Considerations of Large Pots Excavated from the Kano Area, Nigeria

    Aliyu Adamu Isa•ARTICLE•Ethnoarchaeology•2015

    Restudy of the large deeply-buried pots from the Kano area using ethnoarchaeological information provides potential modern analogues for their manufacture and use. While today similar large pots are used for a variety of purposes, these buried pots are viewed as ritually-significant by locals, because of their special context. Informants cite a number of ritual reasons why pots may be buried and these, plus other archaeological evidence of pots b…

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  • Some Ethnoarchaeological Considerations of Large Pots Excavated from the Kano Area, Nigeria

    Aliyu Adamu Isa•ARTICLE•Ethnoarchaeology•2015

    Restudy of the large deeply-buried pots from the Kano area using ethnoarchaeological information provides potential modern analogues for their manufacture and use. While today similar large pots are used for a variety of purposes, these buried pots are viewed as ritually-significant by locals, because of their special context. Informants cite a number of ritual reasons why pots may be buried and these, plus other archaeological evidence of pots b…

  • New perspectives on the emergence and growth of Surame, northwest Nigeria

    Aliyu Adamu Isa•ARTICLE•Azania Archaeological Research in…•2025•References: 17

    The Hausa city-states of northern Nigeria appear abruptly in written records only around the latter half of the second millennium AD when Islam linked them to a global network and a tradition of literacy but almost nothing is known about their various stages of growth. Surame, in the Kebbi River Valley and linked to the kingdom of Kebbi, is a key site that has excellent survival of both archaeological monuments and occupation layers corresponding…

African Education and Politics (1 work) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies (1 work) · Chronology (1 work) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Construction Engineering and Safety (1 work) · Geography (1 work)

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