The Rop rock shelter is an archaeological site on the Jos Plateau of Nigeria.
There are two layers containing artifacts.
The first holds large scrapers and backed crescent-shaped stone tools.
The later (upper) layer is about 2000 years old, and contains backed microlithic tools and pottery.[1]
The shelter is about 50km south of Jos.[2]
The site was excavated by Bernard Fagg in 1944.
He discovered microliths, fragments of ground stone axes, two bored stones, one grooved stone, rubbed hematites and many potsherds.[3]
The lower, undated layer held relatively crude implements, apart from the rough crescents.
The later layer held higher-quality microliths, geometrical forms and small points, as well as pottery.[4]
This later layer only covers part of the site.[5]
A skeleton was also found in a shallow grave, dated to around 25 BCE
From the teeth, it appeared that the owner had lived largely on a starchy, plant-based diet.[3]
A single equid tooth was found with the same age based on its position in the stratum.[6][3]
^Barbara Ann Kipfer (2000). "Rop". Encyclopedic dictionary of archaeology. Springer. p. 484. ISBN 0-306-46158-7.
^J. Desmond Clark (ed.). The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 421. ISBN 0-521-22215-X.
^ abcKit W. Wesler (1998). Historical archaeology in Nigeria. Africa World Press. p. 206. ISBN 0-86543-610-X.
^J. Desmond Clark (ed.). The Cambridge history of Africa, Volume 1. Cambridge University Press. p. 785. ISBN 0-521-22215-X.
^John Desmond Clark, Steven A. Brandt (1984). From hunters to farmers: the causes and consequences of food production in Africa. University of California Press. p. 153. ISBN 0-520-04574-2.
^Thurstan Shaw (1995). The Archaeology of Africa: Food, Metals and Towns. Routledge. p. 92. ISBN 0-415-11585-X.
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