c. 3900 BCEEvent
Oldest pottery in Nigeria appears at Dutsen Kongba
Pottery makes its appearance in Phase B at Dutsen Kongba early in the fourth millennium BC, making it the oldest pottery yet found in Nigeria.
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c. 3900 BCE
Oldest pottery in Nigeria appears at Dutsen Kongba
Pottery makes its appearance in Phase B at Dutsen Kongba early in the fourth millennium BC, making it the oldest pottery yet found in Nigeria.
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Pottery makes its appearance in Phase B at Dutsen Kongba early in the fourth millennium BC, making it the oldest pottery yet found in Nigeria. Decoration, when present, is effected by means of comb-stamping — repeatedly pressing into the wet clay surface the teeth of some comb-like instrument.