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Semi-finished glass from Ile-Ife, Nigeria: implications for the archaeology of glass in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal

ANTIQUITY
Volume 94, Issue 375, Pages -

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2020.77

Keywords

Nigeria; glass; technology; beads; semi-finished glass; crucibles

Funding

  1. A.G. Leventis Foundation
  2. Association of the History of Glass
  3. Corning Museum of Glass-Rakow Grant 2017
  4. D.M. McDonald grant 2018

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The discovery of glass crucible fragments with the remains of semi-finished glass at Ile-Ife, Nigeria, has provided the first evidence for the existence of autonomous glass production in sub-Saharan Africa.

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