Khami Ruins Outlier — Nok Valley (Jos)
Khami Ruins Outlier Site
Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)·Medieval·🇳🇬 Nok Valley, Nigeria
About
About Khami Ruins Outlier — Nok Valley (Jos)
Khami Ruins Outlier in Nok Valley, Nigeria is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple complex attributed to Medieval culture. Systematic survey and LiDAR document architectural phasing and stratified deposits. The site includes a principal enclosure and ancillary features with votive deposits. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Medieval site illustrating Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) temple-complex traditions.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology of Khami Ruins Outlier
- 02Function of ancillary enclosures
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre for Medieval
- 02Defensive and ritual focus
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 800 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE)
- Culture
- Medieval
- Purpose
- Funerary and ritual complex
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 800 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1000 CE
Abandonment or reuse
On the ground
Structures & features
9.8092° N · 8.7559° E · 260 m · 3 mapped features
Khami Ruins Outlier — Principal Feature
structurePrimary temple-complex feature at Khami Ruins Outlier
9.8100° N · 8.7567° EKhami Ruins Outlier — Ancillary Complex
complexAncillary complex at Khami Ruins Outlier
9.8085° N · 8.7553° EKhami Ruins Outlier — Outlier
rock artOutlier at Khami Ruins Outlier
9.8103° N · 8.7549° E