Domestic life at Orile-Owu, Nigeria (c. AD 1456-1661): an initial insight

Domestic life at Orile-Owu, Nigeria (c. AD 1456-1661): an initial insight

Accepted version

Peer-reviewed

Repository URI

https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/380917

Repository DOI

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.116342

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Authors

Daraojimba, Kingsley

Adeara, Emmanuel Oluwatimilehin

Ogunsetire, Joseph Babatunde

Ojediran, Olumide

Abstract

This study explores the early domestic life at the historic site of Orile-Owu through excavations and ethnography, revealing insights into food processing, diet, medicinal practices, and daily routines of occupants during the mid-fifteenth to mid-seventeenth centuries CE in Yoruba history.

Keywords

4301 Archaeology, 4303 Historical Studies, 43 History, Heritage and Archaeology, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), Nutrition, Neurosciences, Neurodegenerative, Brain Disorders, Aging, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease

Journal Title

Antiquity

Journal ISSN

0003-598X
1745-1744

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.55

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Attribution 4.0 International

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Sponsorship

African Humanities Program

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