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AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BADURUM HILLTOP SETTLEMENT, KAURU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract:
This dissertation is an archaeological study of the early settlement site of Badurum, which is said to have been inhabited by a group of Atsam people. This research is prompted by a number of research problems which include the inadequate attentionthat hasbeen given to the site, despitethe identification of the site as one of the majorcentres of the Atsam area by previous literatures. More so, no archaeological work has been conducted on the site, exceptcolonial and historical works that relate to the site. Such works relied solely on oral tradition and/or earlier literatures for data acquisition. These coupled with the indiscriminate destruction of the culturalmaterials on the site by both natural and human-induced factors, has led to a partial loss of the history of the people.This study was carried out with an aim of reconstructing the past life-ways of the early inhabitants of the site. The stated aim was achieved through the review of literatures that relate to the site of Badurum; an archaeological survey of the site; and a collection of oral tradition form the descendants of the site of study, who currently inhabit BadurumSama and BadurumKasa. In order to collect the necessary data for the study, historical archaeology‘ methods of research, which include written source, oral tradition and archaeological survey, were employed. The research revealed evidence of human occupation on the site of Badurum, alongside their spatial distributions. Thus the result of the survey was corroborated with those of the oral tradition and reviewed literatures, which led to a conclusion that the early inhabitants of the site of Badurum lived in an organized and socially stratified society in a natural environment that provided them with resources which they harnessed in order to ensure their survival.
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF BADURUM HILLTOP SETTLEMENT, KAURU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
