Old Oyo

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Oyo Ile
Katunga, Eyo, Old Oyo
Site of medieval city
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Survey of palace grounds by Brian Hallam
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Oyo Ile
Location within Nigeria
Coordinates: 8°58′29″N4°18′27″E / 8.97472°N 4.30750°E / 8.97472; 4.30750
CountryFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Settled14th century
Founded by Oranmiyan

Old Oyo, also known as Oyo-Ile, Katunga, Oyo-Oro, and Eyo is the site of a ruined medieval city that was once the capital [1] of the Oyo Empire in what is now modern-day Nigeria. It has been abandoned since 1835.

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It was a major cultural and political center of West Africa during the empire's height. [2] Established by Yoruba groups migrating from the city of Ile-Ife, the city was the seat of authority for the Alaafin, or custodian/keeper of the palace which was called the Aafin. As the capital of a major state during the 17th and 18th centuries, the city is also the site of large markets such as the Akesan market, which was recreated in the later city of New Oyo. Archaeology has been conducted at this site for over four decades. [3] The area designated as Old Oyo is nearly 3,000 hectares. [4] Sites related in cultural relation and importance to the Oyo Empire include Koso, Bara, and Ipapo Ile, both cities in Nigeria.

Significance

The inspiration for the metropolitan, urban center that Old Oyo was comes from Yoruba history. The legend and history of Ile-Ife (Ile meaning home and Ife meaning expansion) originates in the original expansion of Yoruba peoples. Ile-Ife was a settlement of the Yoruba travelers, absorbing those who were living in the area, and a place that became the Holy City of legend, the place of legendary creation, and a center for their culture as they spread from this city to the surrounding lands. [5] In the cities that these Yoruba descendants established, the idea of a center such as Ile-Ife has been repeated. In this way, Old Oyo was a center for Yoruba culture, the destination of tributes, and the seat of ritual and political rule. [6] The empire at its height had political power over other Yoruba kingdoms and the broader region of West Africa and the Bight of Benin, with a strong cavalry, trade system, and political organization. [7] The Alaafin who lived in the major palace complex within Old Oyo was both ruler and judge for their people. [8]

Creation

According to The History of the Yorubas, the Oyo-Ile kingdom's founder was Oranmiyan. [9] Reasons for Yoruba migration from cities such as Ile-Ife have been attributed to long droughts or the unselected in a leadership dispute leaving with his adherents. [10] The Afin, the large palace complex, is a Yoruba tradition, while the sprawling market area signifies the role that mercantilism played in the maintenance and central focus of the Oyo empire. These are signatures of Yoruba cities, and the layout and features of Old Oyo were copied to New Oyo after the old city's abandonment.

Geography

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Location of Old Oyo in Africa

According to the National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Old Oyo historical site is located at the coordinates 8°56'-9° 03' North 4°20'- 4°26'East.

The site is situated South of River Niger, in a Woodland savanna area. In the region of West Africa, Grassland Savanna and to a lesser extent, Broadleaf Forests have been the dominant biome in the last 520 ka. [11]

The seasons of Nigeria alternate between rainy and dry, though, different from the North, the South has a longer rain, followed by a shorter dry period, then followed by a short wet and long dry season. [12]

The land in Oyo state changes the further North one travels, transitioning from lowland into rocky terrain. The entire area has north–south flowing rivers and their tributaries. A study on groundwater potential in this region shows that within this state, there is a distribution of aquifers, though little groundwater potential. [13]

In the site of Old Oyo, there was a water reservoir located near the palace, [4] created as a water catchment area [14] from rainfall and wells, as the ground is rocky and difficult to dig. According to Johnson, the city of Oyo-Ile was separated into 11 sections, and, mirrored in the city of New Oyo, a minor district on the outskirts of the city was dedicated to Shango. [15]

Archaeological site

This site has been lengthy occupied, and the effects of inhabitancy can be seen as changes to the environment, horticulture, and visible human artifacts still present on the landscape. Of the archaeology, there are features; the remains of walls [16] and

According to Frank Willett, the first Ife antiquity to be obtained by a European was sold at the Queen's market of Old Oyo. [17]

Located in what is now the Oyo state of Nigeria, the national park that preserves this area also extends into the Kwara state.

In the broader landscape of empires in this area, Oyo Empire at its height in 1780 was a larger than the surrounding coastal empires, and city of Old Oyo received tribute in the form of slaves, soldiers, taxes, etc. During this time, Agbaje-Williams estimates the population to be 60,000 to 140,000 people. [18] Phosphate surveys across the site reveal a spike in measurement near the area where the Akesan marketplace once lay. Anthropogenic changes to the natural environment in this site have resulted in baobab trees, useful shrubs, and thickets being more prevalent in areas of greater human occupation. [1]

The Oyo-Ile Kingdom, during the crest of its power, sponsored new kingdoms located in the Oyo, Egbado, and Igbomina regions of Nigeria. [10]

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Map of Oyo-Ile city walls.

Artifacts

Excavations were carried out in 1981, 2002, 2004, and 2006.

The Aafin area has visible remnants of walls and pottery, and excavations yield charcoal and potsherds to varying depths. Inside the Main Outer wall, mud walls (collapsed and seen as mounds) are again visible, with more intense occupation mounds. From this excavation, a ceramic plate was found that originates from a nearby material source. [19] [20] Eastern areas of these series of excavations show two occupation levels, whereas the test pit in the Western part in 2006 had one occupation. Pottery can be visible partway buried in this area. In the area between the Outer wall and the Main Outer wall, material was not seen, but excavations revealed pottery fragments. [1] Segi, dichroic beads, are found at Old Oyo similar to other sites in Yorubaland. [21]

A similar type of wall to the one that once stood at Old Oyo. found at Koso. Old Oyo wall ruin.jpg
A similar type of wall to the one that once stood at Old Oyo. found at Koso.

Walls

The walls of the city had a wide circumference, with ditches accompanying the walls. Some of the ground was dug, and a second earthwork was built on the other side of the ditch. There are three divisions of wall that researchers have established in Old Oyo: those of the Outer, the Main Outer, and the Inner wall (Aafin). [1] 7.5 km encircling the Aafin, [4] 18 km of the Main Outer, and 28 km of the Outer. [4]

The walls of Oyo-Ile have been mapped several times. In most areas, they have collapsed or split, with the most enduring being those of the Inner circle, three inner and one outer of the walls surviving today . [14]

An account of the wall from when they were still standing in 1829 by Scottish explorer Hugh Clapperton is as follows, "A belt of thick wood runs round the walls, which are built of clay, and about twenty feet high, and surrounded by a dry ditch. There are ten gates in the walls, which are about fifteen miles in circumference, of an oval shape, about four miles in diameter one way, and six miles the other, the south end leaning against the rocky hills, and forming an inaccessible barrier in that quarter."

Small fragments of the wall revealed through archaeological work, revealed that the palace walls were completely smoothed and polished.

Pavements

Three successive levels of potsherd pavements, consisting of flatly laid ceramic tiles, have been uncovered at Old Oyo. Two radiocarbon dates of ca. 13th and 14th centuries are assigned to the pavements. The pavements are associated with the flooring of houses, temples, and roads. [22]

Pottery

Pottery is found in abundance at this site. [23] Old Oyo pottery, as described by Dr. Ogiogwa, can include "characteristic burnishing, basting, brush marking, shell-edge, scallop impressions, dot punctuate, and incised geometric symbols consisting of cross, triangular, square, and perpendicular motifs.", [24] the Oyo ceramic complex. Restated in other papers, burnished-basted surfaces are signatures of Old Oyo ceramics. [2] These productions have been found in various sites within the empire as well as being found in Ijebu, potential putting Ijebu of a status with Ilesa in relation to the Oyo Empire, or simply having contact through trade, as both groups took advantage of their positions between sea and land. The two styles that archeologists have isolated at Old Oyo include Diogun and Mejiro. Typically, the pottery found in excavations within this site have local origins. Large pots had storage purposes, with those of medium sizes being used for cooking, and the smallest used as jars (grey/brown), bowls (typically dark grey/black), [2] lamps and plates. [1] In spite of the major changes in size and cultural reach, the changes in pottery style throughout the city's occupation are not extensive. [2] There is a lack of spores and pollen within the ceramics, which could be caused by a high firing temperature (more spores than pollen) or the origin of the clay had few plants. [24]

Diogun

A style of pottery found in layers before than the presence of walls. The dates for this occupation is (1100±110 AD), with further dating efforts adding dates as late as 765±90. [25] "These wares are characterized by sandy paste, fawn/ grey-brown colour, and complex fluted rims." [25]

Mejiro

The later style of pottery, labeled by Soper, was present at the nearby Mejiro cave. Characterized as grey/black wares, [25] the beginning date is 1300±80. In mid-later points of this stage, potters marks are distinguished which helps archeologists track the spread of the artisans and their products across the wide trade routes and the travels of the people of Old Oyo, as well as their dispersal after the city's collapse.

Ironworking

Large scale iron-working is known to be more prominent in the areas surrounding Old Oyo than in other regions of West Africa. [26] This is caused by rich deposits in the area, and greater iron-working enabled the military to be better-equipped, and the empire to expand further. [27]

Evidence of intense settlement

There are grinding hollows and grindstones found at this site. [4] Grinding hollows can be used for a variety of purposes, including food, pigment, ceramic, and metal production. [28]

Abandonment

This city was abandoned in 1835 after its destruction by Fulani attacks. This is what caused the shifting of the seat of power to New Oyo. The destruction of the city comes after a decline in trade and influence, the slave trade declined, the position that Oyo-Ile had in regards to this is what had enabled its prosperity while the surrounding kingdoms had less access, and the kingdoms surrounding Oyo-Ile had been gaining power. [29]

After its abandonment in the late 1830s, it never returned to city status. Over a century later, it was declared a game reserve and, later, a national park. [30]

Position in the future

Areas of cultural history and heritage in Nigeria have been experiencing gradual decay and/or replacement in the recent past. Regeneration of these areas with urban communities can strengthen cultural identity and can help local and national communities access the tourism industry.

With studies on the proximal positions of Fez, Morocco and Kano, Old Oyo can feasibly be renewed. [31]

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