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Chemical analysis of glass beads from Igbo Olokun, Ile-Ife (SW Nigeria): New light on raw materials, production, and interregional interactions

Babalola, Abidemi Babatunde, Dussubieux, Laure, McIntosh, Susan Keech, Rehren, Thilo·2018·Journal of Archaeological Science
DOI 10.1016/j.jas.2017.12.005
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  • Babalola et al. (2018) applied a combination of microscopic and compositional techniques to study unique evidence of primary and secondary glass production in Ile-Ife, documenting innovation and experimentation as ancestral Yoruba people interacted with materials to produce a highly valued glass.

    “In Nigeria, Babalola et al. (2018) have applied a combination of microscopic and compositional techniques to study unique evidence of primary and secondary glass production in Ile-Ife, documenting innovation and experimentation as ancestral Yoruba people interacted with materials to produce a highly valued glass.”

    From Material Science and the Present and Future of African Archaeology (2023) · cites this paper as Babalola et al., 2018

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  • Ancestral Yoruba people independently developed technologies of primary glass production in West Africa from CE 1000 onwards.

    “Glass was produced in Egypt from 2500 BCE, but ancestral Yoruba people independently developed technologies of primary glass production in West Africa from CE 1000 onwards (Babalola et al., 2018).”

    From Material Science and the Present and Future of African Archaeology (2023) · cites this paper as Babalola et al., 2018

    The Introduction identifies Ile-Ife glass as a likely product of local primary production, and §4.3 says the evidence strongly indicates that HLHA beads were being made there by the 11th century CE. But §4.3 also says the beginnings of that production are uncertain, and the paper does not establish that the technology was developed independently. It supports local production by about CE 1000, not the claimed independent origin or a definite starting date. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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Authors
Babalola, A. B., Dussubieux, L., McIntosh, S. K., & Rehren, T.
Venue
Journal of Archaeological Science
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-02
Volume
90
Pages
92-105
ISSN
0305-4403
DOI
10.1016/j.jas.2017.12.005
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  • Social Science Research Institute (SSRI)
  • Rice University
  • Qatar Foundation

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