11. Excavations in progress, Mound 6, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:

Banda Research Project team members excavate units at Mound 6, Station 6, Makala Kataa. Alex Ababio (standing left, in hat) watches as Kwasi Peter digs with a short handled hoe, placing excavated dirt into headpans. Leith Smith (center) and Yaw Francis (right) look on. In the background (right) other team members screen soil. Wooden stakes mark 2 m interval grid points with excavation units marked off by string. A large baobab, one of several on the site, is visible in the background (right). Makala Kataa, June 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6

Date:

1994-06

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Identifier:

27

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994-06

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

12. Exposed pot rims, 0W 0S Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:

Eight jar rims have been exposed in situ at the base of level 7, unit 0W 0S, Mound 5, Makala Kataa Station 6. The jar rims are broken off below the neck of the pot and appear to have been placed around a room where they were used as pot stands. In a raised area (bottom center), not excavated to the same depth as surrounding soil, a concentration of reddish soil and gravel marks the traces of a house wall. Archaeologists interpret unit 0W 0S as a part of a kitchen area where foodstuffs were likely stored. The pots and their contents have been removed, with only the pot stands remaining. In the background sits a headpan filled with soil from cleaning the 2 x 2 m unit prior to photoing. A scale arrow with 10 cm intervals points north. View to the west. Makala Kataa, 19 July, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17585

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5, Unit 0W 0S, Level 7

Date:

1994-07-19

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994-07-19

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-08

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

13. Measuring unit depth using a datum string, Makala Kataa, Station 6, 1994

Description:

Banda Research Project team members use a datum string, pulled tight and leveled with a bubble level, to measure the depth below datum of the excavation unit's surface. Yaw Francis (right) holds the string level as Yaw Frimpong (left) measures the depth close to the bubble level. By taking periodic measurements as they dig across the unit, they ensure that the surface of each completed level is even. A head pan and short handled hoe sit next to excavated dirt in the unit. Maria Dores Cruz (far left) and other team members work on an adjacent excavation unit on Mound 6, Station 6. Makala Kataa, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6

Date:

1994

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Datum; Measurement

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Identifier:

25

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-08

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

14. Laying out an excavation unit, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:

In preparation for beginning excavation of a new 2 x 2 m unit, Banda Research Project team members Leith Smith (right) and Victor Mattey (left) extend grid points on Mound 6, Station 6, Makala Kataa. Smith uses a rock to pound in a grid peg at a point established using tape measures extended from previously placed grid pegs. The accuracy of the peg's location in this 2 m interval grid is checked according to horizontal (2 m) and diagonal (5.66 m) measurements from the other unit pegs. Low piles of sieved dirt from ongoing excavations are visible in the background. Makala Kataa, Station 6, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6

Date:

1994

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Grid

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-08

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

15. Excavating at Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:

Banda Research Project team members Obimpeh Blopor (left) and Timothy Fordjour (right) carefully remove dry, compact soil from around a series of pot rims that are appearing in the base of level 6 in unit 0W 0S, Mound 5 at Makala Kataa Station 6. Obimpeh uses a cutlass and Fordjour a short handled hoe to loosen the dry soil. Another team member scoops the excavated soil into a headpan using a short handled hoe. A string with line level lies next to the iron rod that marks the unit datum. A trowel and tape measure rest nearby. Makala Kataa, Station 6, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17586

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Mound 5, Station 6, Unit 0W 0S

Date:

1994-07-19

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994-07-19

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-08

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

16. Large pottery bowl, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:

Photo of a large pottery bowl. The rim is angled inward, creating a carination where the bowl's rim and body meet. Above the carination and around the rim's circumference, the exterior surface is decorated with shallow parallel grooves. The bowl's upper body is decorated with several clusters of triangular impressions which are bounded by angled pairs of grooved lines. The interior and exterior surfaces of the bowl are burnished, giving the bowl a slight sheen. A small pedestal stabilizes the bowl at its base. The bowl is consistent in shape and size with serving/eating bowls from which several individuals (typically men) would eat. The bowl was found positioned upside-down amid a concentration of other whole and partial pottery vessels, grinding stones, charred seeds and wide-spread fire-hardened soil. The context is interpreted as a kitchen area destroyed by an incident of intense fire. Whole pot. Scale in cm. Site Makala Kataa. 4 July, 1989.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5, 4W 4S, Level 7-8

Date:

1989-07-04

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Bowl

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

MK6 89-110, Pot 6

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1989

Date searchable:

1989-07-04

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724; -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2016

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724; -2.382957

17. Small pedestal-base pottery bowl, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:

Photo of a small pedestal-base pottery bowl. The rim of the bowl is broken away around the entire circumference of the bowl. The exterior surface is burnished and decorated with several triangular impressions (not visible on the surfaces in this photo). The bowl is consistent in shape and size with serving/eating bowls from which an individual (typically a woman) would eat. The bowl was found in association with several other pots and a laterite hearthstone in an area surrounded by oxidized fire-hardened sediment. The wider context of the excavation unit is interpreted as a kitchen area destroyed by an incident of intense fire. Scale in cm. Site Makala Kataa. 11 July, 1989.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5, Unit 0W 4S, Level 5

Date:

1989-07-11

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Bowl

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)

Identifier:

MK6 89-177, Pot 13

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1989

Date searchable:

1989-07-11

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724; -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2016

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Veronique Plante

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724; -2.382957

18. Surveying level used to map sites, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:

Members of the Banda Research Project, Maria Dores Cruz (left) and Osei Kofi (right) stand near a surveying level mounded on a tripod. The level was used to map the site's contours and establish grid lines to orient excavation units. A local-made short-handled hoe lies in front of the tripod, its wide flat blade standing upright. Bottom left are stacked headpans used to move soil between excavation units and screens. Station 6, Makala Kataa, June 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology)

Identifier:

9

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994-06

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Source:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2021-08-18

People Depicted:

Maria Dores Cruz; Osei Kofi

Sketchfab Uid:

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957