An Archaeological Study of the Impact of Islam on Domestic Architecture of Surame, Nigeria

The concern of this research is to reconstruct the inward orientation of space within the domestic architecture of Surame. The traditional domestic and by extension, the community environments are some of the important archaeological material manifestations of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa. Between January 7-February 3, 2022, this author conducted excavation at Surame, Nigeria funded by the Barakat Trust. The excavation focused on a spot (N 13º 05’21.20’’ E 04º 54’31.91’’ and about 291m above sea level) where pots and pottery pavement from an earlier excavated trench as part of a PhD, extended into both northern, western and eastern walls. [...]