YELWA TERRACOTTA SCULPTURES

Yelwa is a mound just south of Yelwa town, north of Bussa in the North Western State, known archaeologically simply as RS63/32. It was excavated by the Department of Antiquities in 1966-67. The site, whose occupants were fully iron-using, produced an interesting series of terracotta sculptures which are unlike those of Nok or Daima. The radiocarbon dates for these sculptures range from the second to the seventh centuries AD.