Jaba, Nigeria culture is one of Africa's number one and most magnificent Art history of ancient Civilization dating back to 500 BC – 200 AD. In 1943, tin mining in the vicinity of the village of NOK near the Jos Plateau region of Nigeria, the area where Jaba local government of Kaduna state is currently located was brought to light as a terracotta head, evidence of the oldest known figurative sculpture south of the Sahara was excavated. Although stylistically related heads, figures, animals, and pottery shards have been found in a number of Nigerian sites since that time, such works are identified
Prehistory of Northern Nigeria metallurgy in the upper savanna by more than 800 years. The earliest identified Nigerian culture is the Nok or Kwatarkwashi culture that thrived between 900 BC and 200 AD . Information is lacking from the first millennium BC following the Nok ascendancy, but by the 2nd millennium BC there was active trade from Ancient Egypt via Nubia through the Sahara to the forest with the savanna people acting as intermediaries in exchanges of various goods. Prehistory of Northern Nigeria The pre-history of Northern Nigeria spans the period covering from the early history of the planet to the time of written