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Verified places tagged “firki” in Nigeria · Mysteria

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Verified places tagged “firki” in Nigeria

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🇳🇬 Nigeria

🇳🇬 Nigeria · Ancient village

Gajiganna Culture Complex (Borno)

Chad Basin Late Stone Age · Gajiganna culture

Urn-field mound complex defining Gajiganna culture bridging Saharan and sub-Saharan pastoralism before Kanem.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria · Mound

Kursakata Mound (Borno) – Firki Stratigraphy

Iron Age to Historic Kanem · Chad Basin (Gajiganna → Kanem-Bornu)

7 m deep tell preserving 3000-year fishing-pastoralist sequence; fish bones, cord roulette ceramics and copper imports show trans-Saharan contact before Arab records.

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🇳🇬 Nigeria · Mound

Ngala / Ndufu Mound (Chad Basin)

Iron Age to Kanem-Bornu · Chad Basin

Firki classic mound 5 m with cattle-trail causeways visible on SAR; compound enclosures vs kraals detected by magnetometry.