Dr. Kevin MacDonald

Yes. I mean, bigger statues, you know, pushing cords a meter. Wow. Yeah. So that's why, I mean, you know, they're much, what I'm much more used to, because my own work has largely been in the Niger River Basin, I'm much more used to the Dene terracotta tradition. So these are, you know, double, three times, four times the size of Dene terracottas. So they're quite substantial. Yeah.

Yes. I mean, bigger statues, you know, pushing cords a meter. Wow. Yeah. So that's why, I mean, you know, they're much, what I'm much more used to, because my own work has largely been in the Niger River Basin, I'm much more used to the Dene terracotta tradition. So these are, you know, double, three times, four times the size of Dene terracottas. So they're quite substantial. Yeah.

Yes. I mean, bigger statues, you know, pushing cords a meter. Wow. Yeah. So that's why, I mean, you know, they're much, what I'm much more used to, because my own work has largely been in the Niger River Basin, I'm much more used to the Dene terracotta tradition. So these are, you know, double, three times, four times the size of Dene terracottas. So they're quite substantial. Yeah.

I mean, and they come in different size ranges. But yeah, I mean, when I think of them, you know, I think probably you're looking, you know, more like 40 to 60 centimetres or in some cases larger.

I mean, and they come in different size ranges. But yeah, I mean, when I think of them, you know, I think probably you're looking, you know, more like 40 to 60 centimetres or in some cases larger.

I mean, and they come in different size ranges. But yeah, I mean, when I think of them, you know, I think probably you're looking, you know, more like 40 to 60 centimetres or in some cases larger.

It's, I mean, the Nok tradition is, if it straddles one river, it straddles the Beinu. It doesn't straddle the Niger. So maybe 100 kilometres, 200 kilometres away from the Niger River.

It's, I mean, the Nok tradition is, if it straddles one river, it straddles the Beinu. It doesn't straddle the Niger. So maybe 100 kilometres, 200 kilometres away from the Niger River.

It's, I mean, the Nok tradition is, if it straddles one river, it straddles the Beinu. It doesn't straddle the Niger. So maybe 100 kilometres, 200 kilometres away from the Niger River.

Well, what's curious is archaeologically speaking, there's not a very visible archaeological tradition prior to Nak in this area.

Well, what's curious is archaeologically speaking, there's not a very visible archaeological tradition prior to Nak in this area.

Well, what's curious is archaeologically speaking, there's not a very visible archaeological tradition prior to Nak in this area.

I think ultimately, with more work, it will be found, because the thing we would expect prior to this sort of tradition in this part of the world would be some sort of microlithic tradition, perhaps using quartz microliths that might use relatively little pottery, so they might be much less visible in the landscape.

I think ultimately, with more work, it will be found, because the thing we would expect prior to this sort of tradition in this part of the world would be some sort of microlithic tradition, perhaps using quartz microliths that might use relatively little pottery, so they might be much less visible in the landscape.

I think ultimately, with more work, it will be found, because the thing we would expect prior to this sort of tradition in this part of the world would be some sort of microlithic tradition, perhaps using quartz microliths that might use relatively little pottery, so they might be much less visible in the landscape.

The Breuning team say that they're not finding anything earlier and that effectively this demonstrates that NOC are migrants because of the millet and because of the type of pottery they have, which is mainly sort of

The Breuning team say that they're not finding anything earlier and that effectively this demonstrates that NOC are migrants because of the millet and because of the type of pottery they have, which is mainly sort of

The Breuning team say that they're not finding anything earlier and that effectively this demonstrates that NOC are migrants because of the millet and because of the type of pottery they have, which is mainly sort of

decorated with tools of impression like potter's combs or styluses or what have you, they're thinking this is coming out of the southern Sahara or what would be called the Sahel, the shore of the Sahara farther to the north, where we know that millet was independently domesticated.

decorated with tools of impression like potter's combs or styluses or what have you, they're thinking this is coming out of the southern Sahara or what would be called the Sahel, the shore of the Sahara farther to the north, where we know that millet was independently domesticated.