1media/Teracotta Figure 2 .jpgmedia/Pot Sherds.jpgmedia/teracottttttaaaa.jpg2016-10-31T12:18:18-07:00Ben Cross45db983d24817c18de528a2d44b68257b3260d11123806plain2016-10-31T13:20:58-07:00Alexandra Wilkins6f8668d5af05523f2b6afe25ae0c32d177727666Major developments such as animal domestication, crop cultivation, specialization of labor, and the emergence of metallurgy in ancient Africa often go neglected in popular archaeological discourse. Appearing around 1500 BCE until approximately 300 CE, the Nok culture of present-day Nigeria provides insight into many of these important landmarks in the development of the civilized state.