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11. Perforated pottery jar, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009
- Description:
- A perforated pottery jar lidded with the pedestaled base of another pot sits in situ at the base of level 6, unit 46N 2W at Mound 6. The pot contained eight cowries and is interpreted by archaeologists as a shrine pot placed in association with metalworking facilities. Photo scale in 5 cm increments. Site Ngre Kataa. 24 June, 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17597
- Provenance:
- Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, 46N 2W, Level 6
- Date:
- 2009-06-24
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ngre Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Shrines; Pottery; Metalworking; Cowries; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- Catalog number NK-09-789
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-24
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- 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
12. Pottery sherd with slag temper, Ngre Kataa, 2008
- Description:
- Side view of a broken pottery sherd with a large slag inclusion. The use of crushed slag as a tempering material included in potting clay is first seen in pottery associated with Ngre phase sites in the Banda area. The use of crushed slag as a temper intensifies during Kuulo phase times, after which it becomes uncommon. Ngre Kataa, June, 2008.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Ngre Kataa, Mound 8, Unit 8N 127E, Level 9
- Date:
- 2008-06-24
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ngre Kataa
- Subjects:
- Slag
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Pottery; Pottery making; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- NK08-046
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2008-06-24
- Date searchable:
- 2008
- Genre:
- Digital image
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.11277778, -2.30611111
13. Large slag nodule, Ngre Kataa, Mound 8, 2008
- Description:
- Iron slag is formed as a byproduct of iron smelting. Here a large slag nodule has broken in half, revealing its interior texture. At the archaeological site of Ngre Kataa, large chunks of 'bubbly' slag like this were occasionally found in household and other contexts, away from areas otherwise associated with metal-working activities. Potters at the time of the site's occupation had begun to use crushed iron slag as a tempering agent in their potting clays, which may explain why large nodules were being carried and cached in areas away from metal-working locations. Ngre Kataa, June, 2008.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Ngre Kataa, Mound 8, Unit 8N 127E, Level 3
- Date:
- 2008-06-23
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ngre Kataa
- Subjects:
- Slag
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Metalworking; Metallurgy; Pottery making; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- NK08-027
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2008
- Date searchable:
- 2008-06-23
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.11277778, -2.30611111
14. Iron tool, Ngre Kataa, 2009
- Description:
- An iron artifact (SF 09-031) recovered from screened soil taken from the southern end of excavation unit 50N 2W where two large boulders used as anvil/grinding stones were located. In the unit's northwest corner was a burned feature interpreted as the remains of a forge in an area where metalworking took place. The flat iron object is pointed on one end and has two rounded lobes at the other, perhaps to facilitate turning (like a key?). Its function is unknown. The object has been corroded by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 5.7 cm. Weight: 9.3 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 30 May 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19122
- Provenance:
- Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 2W, Level 3
- Date:
- 2009-05-30
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ngre Kataa
- Subjects:
- Iron tool
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities); Iron
- Identifier:
- SF 09-031
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-05-30
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.11277778, -2.30611111
15. Shrine cluster, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009
- Description:
- Excavation of a shrine cluster, two images. The image on left shows a pottery cluster, first exposed in June 2008, as it appeared on 10 June 2009. At bottom center of this image is a pedestal base, above which is a tight cluster of rim sherds. The curved sherd on the far right in this image is the outer edge of the pedestal-handled lid, which is fully exposed in the photo on the right, taken on 16 June 2009. A dog skull in a highly friable state is visible above and to the right of this lid in both photos. In the imgae on the right, an iron bangle (SF 09-219) can be seen resting in an angled position, below and left of which is a dog mandible. These were uncovered by excavation below and behind the pedestal base seen in the picture on the left. Photo scale marked in 5 cm increments. Site Ngre Kataa. 10 and 16 June 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19153; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19154
- Provenance:
- Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Levels 4-5, Cluster 11
- Date:
- 2021-03-19
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ngre Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Excavations (Archaeology); Ornaments; Bangles; Dogs; Shrines; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.11277778, -2.30611111
16. Iron bangle, Ngre Kataa, 2009
- Description:
- An iron bangle (SF 09-132) made from a flattened iron rod with overlapping ends. One end of the bangle is bent inward. The bangle occurred as an isolated find in the upper levels of an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The bangle has been corroded by rusting. Scale in cm. Width: 7.9 cm. Weight: 25.6 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 6 June 2009.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19189
- Provenance:
- Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 8W, Level 2. Piece plot: 12 cm S, 135 cm W, 80 cm bd
- Date:
- 2009-06-06
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ngre Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Ornaments; Bangles; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- SF 09-132
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2009
- Date searchable:
- 2009-06-06
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.11277778, -2.30611111
17. Clay smoking pipe bowl, Kuulo Kataa, 2000
- Description:
- Broken bowl of a locally made clay smoking pipe, 2 views (left: bowl interior; right: bowl exterior). Pipes like this were made across West Africa after Europeans learned the practice of smoking tobacco from First Peoples of the Americas and introduced it to Africa in early centuries of the trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe bowl has a flared pedestal base decorated with red paint. The oval bowl is decorated with vertical rows of triangular impressions, above which are two grooved lines and an area with red paint. The bowl's interior is blackened from use toward its base. The bowl's rim and its stem are missing. The potting clay used to make the pipe is tempered with fine white grit. Photo scale in cm. Site Kuulo Kataa. 28 June, 2000.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 110N, Level 4
- Date:
- 2000-06-28
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kuulo Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- SF KK 00-233
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2000
- Date searchable:
- 2000-06-08
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
18. Clay smoking pipe, Site A236, 2001
- Description:
- A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 4 views (bottom: pipe base; center left: view from side with bowl to right; center right: front of bowl; top: view from top). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe has a cylindrical bowl and lobed ("quatrefoil") base, the bottom of which shows signs of abrasion. On the base, vertical grooves mark the areas between lobes. Four horizontal gooves separate the base from a zone of vertical columns of diagonal impressions ("V"). Upper areas of the bowl are marked by another set of horizontal grooves. The bowl's rim is missing. Its stem joins the bowl at the base (a "single-angled" form). The cylindrical stem ends in a collar with a flat lip. The stem is decorated with two grooves line around its circumference. Photo scale in cm. Site A236. 23 March, 2001.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Site A236, Mound 4, Surface
- Date:
- 2001-03-23
- Location(s) Facet:
- Site A236
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- SF A236 01-220
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. N. Leith Smith
- Date searchable:
- 2001
- Date searchable:
- 2001-03-23
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Site A236;8.268257, -2.300409
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.268257, -2.300409
19. Clay smoking pipe, Site A236, 2001
- Description:
- A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 3 views (bottom: pipe base; center: view from side with bowl to left; view from top). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe has a cylindrical bowl and rounded base that shows extreme use-wear abrasion to that point that a hole has formed in the pipe's base. The bowl is decorated with two sets of horizontal incisions. Below the bottom set are several vertical incisions. Above the top set is faint overall dentate impression The bowl's rimis very abraded. The pipe's stem joins the bowl at the base (a "single-angled" form). The cylindrical stem ends in a rounded collar with a flat lip. Photo scale in cm. Site A236. 24 March, 2001.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Site A236, Mound 12, Surface
- Date:
- 2001-03-24
- Location(s) Facet:
- Site A236
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- SF A236 01-280
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2001
- Date searchable:
- 2001-03-24
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Source:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Location(s):
- Site A236;8.268257, -2.300409
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.268257, -2.300409
20. Clay smoking pipe, Site A233, 2001
- Description:
- A short-stemmed, locally made clay smoking pipe, 2 views (bottom: view from side with pipe bowl to the left; top: view from top). Pipes like this were inspired by those used by America's First Peoples from whom Europeans learned about tobacco. Europeans introduced tobacco smoking to West Africa during the early centuries of trans-Atlantic trade. This pipe's cylindrical bowl has a flared pedestal base, the bottom of which shows signs of wear/abrasion. The bowl's rim has broken away. The stem joins the bowl at the base (a "single-angled" form). The cylindrical stem flares at the rim to a flattened lip. The pipe bowl is decorated with closely spaced rows of dentate impression. The flared base is decorated with several clusters of incised lines. Photo scale in cm. Site A233. 10 March, 2001.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 2001-03-10
- Location(s) Facet:
- Banda
- Subjects Facet:
- Tobacco pipes; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
- Identifier:
- SF A233 01-183
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. N. Leith Smith
- Date searchable:
- 2001
- Date searchable:
- 2001-03-10
- Genre Facet:
- Digital image
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- A233;8.17376,-2.49841
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.17376,-2.49841