AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ANKUWA HILLTOP SETTLEMENT, KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ANKUWA HILLTOP SETTLEMENT, KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE
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2021-12
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GAMBO, Elizabeth
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This dissertation titled ‘An Archaeological Survey of Ankuwa Hilltop Settlement, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State’ is an archaeological study of the early settlement site of Ankuwa, which is said to have been inhabited by a group of Adara people. This study was carried out with an aim of reconstructing the past life-ways of the early inhabitants of the site For the sake of this research, historical archaeology’ theory was employed. Methods of research adopted include oral tradition, archaeological survey, written sources, as well as classification and analysis. The research revealed evidence of past human occupation on the site, alongside the spatial distribution between finds and features on the site. Thus the result of the survey was corroborated with those of the oral tradition and reviewed literatures, which led to a conclusion that the early inhabitants of the site of Ankuwa was a well- organized society who lived a sedentary life, in a natural environment which they adapted to by harnessing the resources it provided them in order to survive.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY, FACULTY OF ARTS, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR MASTERS OF ARTS (M.A) DEGREE IN ARCHAEOLOGY.