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Type:
Articles
Place:
Nigeria
Osun State
Nigeria, Western
Ilare
Date:
2000
Notes:
Ill., map.
The clustering of the radiocarbon dates from potsherd pavement sites in Ife, Itagunmodi, Benin, and Old Oyo within the twelfth to fifteen centuries indicates that the potsherd flooring of houses, temples and roads was a pan-regional architectural style.