Diy-Gid-Biy
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The Diy-Gid-Biy (DGB) sites are archaeological sites located around the Mandara Mountains of northern Cameroon and Nigeria, overlooking the several kilometers long Shikewe watershed. These sites get their name Diy-Gid-Biy from the Mafa language, which can be translated as "place of chiefly residence." There are 16 of these DGB sites which date back to around the 15th century AD. While knowledge of these sites has existed for some time, only in 2001 archaeologists began to investigate the sites and their cultural heritage in relation to the region.
Key facts
- Historic site.name
- Diy-Gid-Biy
- Historic site.locmapin
- Cameroon
- Historic site.map_relief
- yes
- Historic site.map_width
- 275
- Historic site.map_caption
- Location of Diy-Gid-Biy sites on map of Cameroon
- Historic site.location
- Cameroon
- Historic site.designation1
- WHS
- Historic site.designation1_offname
- Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains
- Historic site.designation1_type
- Cultural
- Historic site.designation1_criteria
- iii
- Historic site.designation1_date
- 2025 (47th session)
- Historic site.designation1_number
- 1745
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Cameroon
- Located in
- Far North
- Area
- 2500
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- heritage designation
- World Heritage Site
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Archaeology
- The site
- Excavation and discovery
- Hypothesis of use
- Possible interactions
- World Heritage Status
- References
- Further reading
The Diy-Gid-Biy (DGB) sites are archaeological sites located around the Mandara Mountains of northern Cameroon and Nigeria, overlooking the several kilometers long Shikewe watershed. These sites get their name Diy-Gid-Biy from the Mafa language, which can be translated as "place of chiefly residence." There are 16 of these DGB sites which date back to around the 15th century AD. While knowledge of these sites has existed for some time, only in 2001 archaeologists began to investigate the sites and their cultural heritage in relation to the region.
==Archaeology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diy-Gid-Biy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations