Experimental archaeology in the Tropics
The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Ibadan, the Village of Adesina Oja, and Abandoned House No. 2
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6041933 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip Allsworth-Jones (University of the West, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 125-145 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Azania Archaeological Research in Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0067-270X • E-ISSN: 1945-5534 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00672700409480393 |
| OpenAlex | W2085942698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 9 |
When at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria in the 1970s, Professor Thurstan Shaw established an experimental archaeological reserve on the territory of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) on the outskirts of the city. It enclosed among other things what had been the small but flourishing village of Adesina Oja. Various experiments were devised, including a bank and ditch experiment on the model of one originally established at Overton Down, U.K., as well as differential vertical transport and decay experiments using buried organic and inorganic materials. In another experiment, beads were set in a house structure, so that the way in which this house fell into decay over the years could be examined. In the 1980s the house was excavated, as a training exercise for students of the University, and notes were made of the way in which it had collapsed using the beads which had been planted within it. This report summarises the progress made so far with the experiments at IITA, and in particular describes the results of the excavation of the abandoned house. Some experiments relating to the excavation of house structures have likewise been carried out in Ghana, but so far as the author is aware, the experimental regime set up at IITA is the only one of its kind as yet in the West African region
Agricultural economics · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Biology · Ditch · Economics · Ethnology · Excavation · Geography · Tropical Agriculture · Tropics · West indies · African history and culture analysis · Ecology · Environmental Science · History · Urban and Rural Development Challenges
The Yoruba of Southwestern Nigeria
The Experimental Earthwork on Overton Down, Wiltshire, England
Politics and Economy
The excavation of mud structures
Archaeology and mud wall decay in a West African village
Yoruba Religion and Medicine in Ibadan
Continuity and Change in Yoruba Pottery
Yoruba Cooking
Yoruba Food
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |