Nok Culture

Timeline

1. -500–200Jos Plateau · JosStable settled communities and agricultural activity emerged in the Nok region, and a distinctive tradition of terracotta sculpture began to form, with exaggerated and expressive human figures reflecting early religious and social concepts.
2. -400–1Benue River valley · NigeriaArchaeological evidence shows early iron production and use in the Nok culture area, with smelting technology spreading across West Africa, mutually reinforcing agriculture and the growth of settlement size.
3. -1–200central Nigeria · NigeriaNok artistic styles and metalworking traditions exerted a lasting influence on later cultures of the West African region, and its status as evidence of early sub-Saharan civilization is widely discussed in archaeology.