Thurstan Shaw's full excavation report on the three Igbo-Ukwu sites he dug between 1959 and 1964, Igbo Isaiah, Igbo Richard and Igbo Jonah, recording the bronze regalia, the elite burial chamber and the beads and pottery that established Igbo-Ukwu as a major early West African metalworking and ritual centre.
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Reliability Tier1
Reliability tier 1: the primary excavation report by the archaeologist who directed the dig, the foundational and still-standard source for the site. NotesCited for the excavation dates, the bronze and bead finds, and the elite burial chamber at Igbo-Ukwu.
Citation
AuthorThurstan Shaw
PublisherNorthwestern University Press
Publication Year1970
Source TypeExcavation report
Sources
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)
This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Sites, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
- Articles, 5 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
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