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1. Shrine cluster, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2008

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A group of insitu artifacts interpreted by archaeologists as a shrine cluster, located in a metallurgical workshop (mound 6). The cluster included a lost-wax-cast twinned figurine (bottom center), an iron bangle (center), a waterworn quartz pebble, a bone fragment (upper left of bangle), a broken iron blade (left of the bone fragment) and a tanged iron blade (upper left of the bangle). An irregularly shaped quartzite cobble (upper left) may have been part of the cluster. Photo scale in cm, arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 19 July 2008.
Rights:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:
University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:
https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19084 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19085 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17600
Provenance:
Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5
Date:
2008-07-19
Location(s) Facet:
Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:
Archaeology; Shrines; Excavations (Archaeology); Figures; Bangles; Blades (tool and equipment components)
Creator:
Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:
2008
Date searchable:
2008-07-19
Genre Facet:
Digital image
Format:
Image
Location(s):
Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
Geographic Coordinates:
8.11277778, -2.30611111