1. In situ pottery and grinding stones, unit 42N 4W, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:

Excavations in unit 42N 4W have exposed clusters of pottery, grinding stones, tuyeres and an area of burned soil associated with metal working at Mound 6, Ngre Kataa. Foreground, left, a grinding stone (GS 08-10) rests with its working surface face down. It sits at a slightly higher level than a nearby (left) whole pottery jar (NK 08-406). To the right of these, a partial pot (NK 08-282) and a tuyere fragment (NK 08-284) are clustered together with two halves of a broken pottery jar, lying with its exterior surface facing down. To the south (behind), near the sign board and framed by photo scales, is a burned feature. Next to it sits a hand-held hammerstone (GS 08-11). Another partial pottery jar (NK 08-520) and a small flat grinding stone (GS 08-12) have been exposed to the left of the sign board at 77 cm below the unit's datum. The narrow dark bands visible in the soil are the traces of animal burrows. Photo scale adjacent to the sign board in centimeters. View looking south. Site Ngre Kataa. 7 July 2008.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19136; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19177; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19132; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19135

Provenance:

Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, unit 42N 4W

Date:

2008-07-07

Location(s) Facet:

Ngre Kataa

Subjects:

Grinding stone; Burned basin; Tuyere

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Handicrafts; Metalworking; Pottery

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

2008-07-07

Date searchable:

2008

Genre:

Digital image

Genre Facet:

Digital image

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111

Sketchfab Uid:

Geographic Coordinates:

8.11277778, -2.30611111