Inaugural Lecture - Professor Adebayo Folorunso,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Inaugural Lecture titled "Interrogating the Evidence: The Nigerian
Cultural Landscape" was delivered at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
on 25 October 2007. The highlights of the lecture were discussions on
the state of archaeology as a discipline in Nigeria, archaeological
investigations, the nature of archaeological evidence and the
description of the Nigerian Cultural Landscape. The archaeological
evidence in the Benue valley as relates to population movement and at
Ijaye Orile as relates to industrial activities were reviewed using
ethnoarchaeological methods. The lecture was followed with a reception
at the Dean's Office, Faculty of Science and another reception at home
of Bayo Folorunso.
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