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Digging with a short-handled hoe, Ngre Kataa, July, 2008


Description:
Yaw Frimpong uses a short-handled hoe with a wide blade to loosen and remove soil from an excavation unit (46N 8W) in mound 6 at Ngre Kataa. A second short-handled hoe with a narrower, thicker blade rests on the ground (foreground). To the right, colored flags mark artifacts previously excavated by Ben Nutour using a trowel and left insitu. Foreground is a coiled iron bangle/bracelet (SF 08-140), behind which is a partial large pottery bowl. Further excavations yielded a concentration of iron bangles and other objects suggestive of a shrine cluster in this and adjacent excavation units at mound 6. Ngre Kataa, 9 July 2008.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19145 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19179
Date:
2008-07-09
Location(s) Facet:
Ngre Kataa
Subjects:
Iron tool; Hoe
Subjects Facet:
Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Bangles; Shrines
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
2008
Date searchable:
2008-07-09
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Source:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):
Ngre Kataa; 8.11277778, -2.30611111
Geographic Coordinates:
8.11277778, -2.30611111