Nok Culture

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Domi Radio	Christian	Nigeria

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Stanford art students strike back with exciting summer projects

Stanford Daily 17 Jul 2021

Kaylee Nok ’22. This summer, under the mentorship of art practice professor Gail Wright, Nok investigates how the human-animal relationship manifests in popular culture. Nok’s project is shaping up to be extensive; she has already dedicated three weeks of the 10-week program solely to the research phase.

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In praise of African art: How Shona sculpting emerged

Mail Guardian South Africa 04 Jun 2021

The main exhibition comprised 100 masterpieces of ancient African sculpture, ranging from the terracotta pieces of Nok culture, dating from 2 000 years ago, to the Benin empire bronzes of between the 15th and 19th century, which signalled the shift from realism to expressionism.

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Beeswax in Nok pots provides evidence of early West African honey use

Beijing News 28 May 2021

We achieved this result by analysing organic residues of prehistoric pottery excavated from Nok culture sites in Nigeria. The Nok people, known for their remarkable large-scale terracotta figurines and early iron working, ago in Nigeria ... This provided a "biomolecular fingerprint" of the foods cooked in Nok pots.

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Pottery shards reveal evidence of ancient honey hunting in West Africa 3,500 years ago

Natural News 08 May 2021

... Nok culture, which emerged some 3,500 years ago in what is now Nigeria.

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Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage gives out 200,000 kroner award based on “startling” gold discovery

Norway Today 05 May 2021

The Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage is giving out ...

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Emergency corona funding ready for distribution, 103 million kroner allocated for Norwegian sport

Norway Today 28 Apr 2021

This week, 6,450 sports players will receive more than NOK ...

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Africa’s first Iron Age culture had a sweet tooth

Ars Technica 26 Apr 2021

In sub-Saharan Africa, the Iron Age began sometime between 1000 and 550 BCE, and it began with the Nok people, a culture that sculpted elaborate terracotta figurines, farmed millet, and developed iron smelting. The first traces of Nok culture appear in ...

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Discovery of 3,500-Year-old Honeypot Could be the Oldest Evidence of Honey Collection in Africa

News18 19 Apr 2021

... potsherds of the Nok culture.

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Palestinian author Reem Kassis explores the culture and cuisine of the Arab world in her ...

Finger Lakes Times 19 Apr 2021

“You can use cuisine to define your national identity while at the same time understanding that cuisine is cross-cultural and has evolved considerably over time.”. The subjects of cultural and culinary fusion intrinsic to this narrative are centuries old ... This recipe was inspired by a Thai dinner at the home of Kalaya chef, Nok Suntaranon.

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Nok Culture Pottery Reveals Honey Hunting Happened 3,500 Years Ago

Ancient Origins 16 Apr 2021

“That honey was part of their daily menu was completely unexpected, and unique in the early history of Africa until now,” says Professor Peter Breunig from Goethe University, head of the archaeological project on the Nok culture. As part of the research into Nok culture, the ...

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3500 year-old honeypot: Oldest direct evidence for honey collecting in Africa

Heritage Daily 16 Apr 2021

Archaeologists at Goethe University in cooperation with chemists at the University of Bristol were able to identify beeswax residues in 3500 year-old potsherds of the Nok culture. The Nok culture in central Nigeria dates between 1500 BCE and the beginning of the Common Era and is known particularly for its elaborate terracotta sculptures.

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Norway’s Ministry of Culture doubles corona support for cultural sector

Norway Today 16 Apr 2021

The Ministry of Culture is doubling the support ...

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Oldest ever evidence of HONEY hunting is discovered in 3,500-year-old pottery shards from West Africa

The Daily Mail 14 Apr 2021

Researchers from the University of Bristol analysed more than 450 pieces of pottery from the Central Nigerian Nok culture to investigate what goods they held ... Researchers from the University of Bristol analysed the chemicals on more than 450 pot shards from the Central Nigerian Nok culture to investigate what foods they held.

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Ancient pottery reveals the first evidence for honey hunting in prehistoric West Africa

Heritage Daily 14 Apr 2021

The Bristol team were carrying out chemical analysis of more than 450 prehistoric potsherds from the Central Nigerian Nok culture to investigate what foods they were cooking in their pots. The Nok people are known for their remarkable large-scale terracotta figurines and early iron production in West Africa, around the first millennium BC.

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