c. 11th centuryEvent
Potsherd pavements laid at Ife under Queen Luwo
At Ita Yemoo in Ife a potsherd pavement was overlain by charcoal radiocarbon-dated to c. 1060 CE and c. 1150 CE, indicating such pavements were made in the 11th/12th centuries.
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c. 11th century
Potsherd pavements laid at Ife under Queen Luwo
At Ita Yemoo in Ife a potsherd pavement was overlain by charcoal radiocarbon-dated to c. 1060 CE and c. 1150 CE, indicating such pavements were made in the 11th/12th centuries.
What happened
At Ita Yemoo in Ife a potsherd pavement was overlain by charcoal radiocarbon-dated to c. 1060 CE and c. 1150 CE, indicating such pavements were made in the 11th/12th centuries. Ife tradition attributes the paving of the town's streets to the reign of Queen Luwo, placing her reign in roughly the same period; the Oduduwa dynasty is associated with this phase.