The socio-political and economic structures of Birnin-Kudu settlement patterns: An ethno-archaeological perspective

Disa Hussaini, Hassan and Abdulmalik, Abdulmalik Abdulrahman ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-6010 (2019) The socio-political and economic structures of Birnin-Kudu settlement patterns: An ethno-archaeological perspective. RIMA International Journal of Historical Studies, 4 (1). pp. 16-29.

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Abstract

In this paper, we study from an ethno-archaeological perspective of Bimin-Kudu settlement pattern. The study is concerned with the explanation of socio-political andeconomic structures among the other relevant structures that made Birni n-Kudu settlement pattern using the present structures to explain the past. Birnin-Kudu is anancient settlement with both old and new settlements that has anethnographic parallelwhich indicates a linkage between the past and the present such as Palace, Mosque, Prison Yard, Market Square and Defensive wall among many structures. This paper is aresult of an ethno-archaeological investigation of Birnin-Kudu settlement from the 2019 field work research carried out by research team from Department of Archaeology, ABU, Zaria. This paper therefore, highlights and interprets the structures related to socio- political an d economic activities among the people of Birnin-Kudu.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ethnoarchaeology,settlement pattern,socio-political,economy,birnin-kudu,humanities,archaeology,anthropology
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Date Deposited: 11 Oct 2023 01:17
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2023 01:17
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/93242
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