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New 14C ages from Nsukka, Nigeria, and the origins of African metallurgy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Edwin Eme. Okafor
Affiliation:
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
Patricia Phillips
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1992

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