41. Base of east profile wall 2W2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:

The deeply stratified deposits of a midden mound are visible in the east wall of excavation unit 2W 2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa. Mound 101 is a large mound covering roughly 1200 m2 and rising roughly 3 m above the surrounding ground surface at its apex. Unit 2W 2S was excavated to a depth of ca. 330 cm below the mound surface to the point where laterite rock was encountered. It was excavated as a 2 x 2 m unit to level 15, narrowing to a 1 x 2 m from level 16, with a total estimated 8.7 m3 of soil removed from the unit. Upper levels were characterized by dark soils with many rootlets which transitioned to lighter brown soils. Gray ashy soils dominated the lower cultural levels of the mound. At base, orange-brown clayey soils appeared above the laterite substrate. Visible in the profile wall, to the left and slightly lower than a circular area of dark soil, is the interior of a pottery jar, the other half removed and reconstructed (KK 95-693; see link below). Kuulo Kataa, July, 1995.

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Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17551; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17628

Date:

1995-07-06

Location(s) Facet:

Kuulo Kataa

Subjects:

Profile; Stratigraphy

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Identifier:

7

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995-07-06

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222

Date Digitized:

2019-11-08

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.14847222, -2.37472222

42. East profile wall of unit 2W2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:

The deeply stratified deposits of a midden mound are visible in the east wall of excavation unit 2W 2S, Mound 101, Kuulo Kataa. Mound 101 is a large mound covering roughly 1200 m2 and rising roughly 3 m above the surrounding ground surface at its apex. Unit 2W 2S was excavated to a depth of ca. 330 cm below the mound surface to the point where laterite rock was encountered. It was excavated as a 2 x 2 m unit to level 15, narrowing to a 1 x 2 m from level 16, with a total estimated 8.7 m3 of soil removed from the unit. Upper levels were characterized by dark soils with many rootlets which transitioned to lighter brown soils. Gray ashy soils dominated the lower cultural levels of the mound. At base, orange-brown clayey soils appeared above the laterite substrate. Kuulo Kataa, July, 1995.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17552; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17605

Date:

1995-07-06

Location(s) Facet:

Kuulo Kataa

Subjects:

Profile; Stratigraphy

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Identifier:

4

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1995-07-06

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222

Date Digitized:

2019-11-08

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.14847222, -2.37472222

43. 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.

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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 Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

44. Pottery jars in situ, unit 4E 0S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:

Two everted-rim jars partially exposed in level 8 of Unit 4E 0S, Mound 5 at Station 6. View looking east. Photo scale in 10 cm increments. Makala Kataa, 16 July, 1994.

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Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17558

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6, 4E 0S, Level 8

Date:

1994-07-16

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery

Identifier:

11

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Caesar Apentiik

Date searchable:

1994-07-16

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.163438, -2.356776

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163438, -2.356776

45. Excavating pottery jars at Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1994

Description:

Banda Research Project archaeologists unearth two everted-rim jars in level 8 of Unit 4E0S at Station 6. L-R: Obour Bartholomew; Caesar Apentiik, ___. Makala Kataa, 16 July, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17559

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 6, 4E 0S, Level 8

Date:

1994-07-16

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery

Identifier:

8

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994-07-16

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.163438, -2.356776

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163438, -2.356776

46. Wall stubs at Station 10, Makala Kataa, 1990

Description:

The standing wall stubs of a small structure are surrounded by trees at Makala Kataa. Its walls were built using an atakpame technique. The grass cover has been cleared by archaeologists in preparation for site mapping. Far right, Banda Research Project team members work on nearby Station 10 excavation units. According to oral histories, people moved from this area of Makala Kataa to establish a new village in a place immediately east of the old settlement. This move happened at a time when British colonial officials were implementing "village planning" schemes in the early decades of the 20th century. Makala Kataa, 1990.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 10

Date:

1990

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Atakpame

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building, Clay

Identifier:

36

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1990

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

47. Mound 1 Trench, Station 10, Makala Kataa, 1990

Description:

A narrow excavation trench cuts across several low mounds at Makala Kataa, Station 10. A low wall stub is visible to the left of the trench in the foreground. Trees dot the site, and low piles of screened excavated soil from the trench are visible in the background. According to oral histories, people moved from this area of Makala Kataa early in the 20th century when British colonial officials implemented a "village planning" scheme. People built new houses east of the old settlement and in time the old houses collapsed and formed low mounds. Makala Kataa, 1990.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17561; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17563

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 10, Mound 1

Date:

1990

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building, Clay

Creator:

Andrew Black

Date searchable:

1990

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

48. Screening soil, Makala Kataa, Station 6, 1989

Description:

Wooden grid pegs mark the edges of a 2 x 2 m excavation unit (foreground) as two Banda Research Project team members screen soil (right) at Station 6. Osei Kofi carries an empty head pan (left). After sieving the soil, the men carefully pick and bag artifacts (fragments of pottery, metals, beads, animal bone) left in the screen. Studying these artifacts and the contexts from which they were recovered (their provenience) helps archaeologists to learn about the daily lives of past people. Makala Kataa, 1989.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6

Date:

1989

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Screening; Sieving

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1989

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

49. Base of Level 7, unit 4W 4S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:

Base of level 7, unit 4W 4S, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa. An area of burned soil (left), several flat grinding stones (center) and an everted rim jar are exposed at the base of the level. The unit wall shows the transition from dark soils close to the mound's surface and the lighter soils in its lower levels. Makala Kataa, 6 July, 1989.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Relation:

https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17570

Provenance:

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

Date:

1989-07-06

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Grinding stone

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1989-07-06

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

50. Profile mapping, Mound 5, Station 6, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:

Banda Research Project team members draw a profile map of walls in completed excavation units, Mound 5, Station 6. Enoch Mensah (kneeling) records measurements as Yaw Frimpong (standing) holds a tape measure. Makala Kataa, 1989. Wooden stakes marking 2 m grid intervals are visible across the mound surface. Makala Kataa, 1989.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5

Date:

1989

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Profile mapping

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957