111. Processing soil samples through flotation, Ahenkro, 1994

Description:

Banda Research Project team member Mensah Listowell processes soil samples from Makala Kataa using a bucket flotation method. The large head pan is filled with water into which he lowers a wire mesh basket filled with soil. As he gently shakes the basket, the soil dissolves and passes through the basket mesh. He uses a small mesh ladle to skim the seeds and charcoal ("light fraction") that float to the top of the water inside the basket. The "heavy fraction" which remains in the basket after the soil has washed away will be set aside to dry. It will be sorted for small artifacts like beads that may have been missed during excavation. Ahenkro, 1994.

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Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

1994

Location(s) Facet:

Ahenkro

Subjects:

Flotation

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology)

Identifier:

37

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776

Date Digitized:

2019-11-06

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Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.163438, -2.356776

112. 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.

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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

113. Measuring unit depth using a datum string, Makala Kataa, Station 10, 1994

Description:

Banda Research Project team members use a datum string pulled tight and leveled with a bubble level as a reference for measuring the depth below datum of the excavated surface. Alex Ababio (right) holds the datum string level and tight while Osei Kofi helps another team member to straighten the tape measure in order to make an accurate measurement. A short handled hoe lays in the bottom of the unit. Timothy Fordour stands nearby (far right) by a headpan. Mound 3, Station 10. Makala Kataa, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Makala Kataa, Station 10, Mound 3

Date:

1994

Location(s) Facet:

Makala Kataa

Subjects:

Datum; Measurement

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)

Identifier:

22

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Genre:

35 mm slide

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Location(s):

Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957

Sketchfab Uid:

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

114. 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.

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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

115. 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.

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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

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Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

116. Tobacco field near Nyire, 1994

Description:

To the right of a large tree, a field planted with tobacco is seen from the roadside. After clear-cutting, the rectangular field was tractor-plowed and planted with seedlings provided by the Pioneer Tobacco Company. Trees left standing mark the edges of the field. Visible in foreground is scarring created by construction of a new grated road. Near Nyrie, June, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

1994-06

Location(s) Facet:

Nyire

Subjects:

Tobacco field; Tractor plowing

Subjects Facet:

Tobacco; Cash crops; Agriculture; Farming

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994-06

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Nyire

Date Digitized:

2020

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117. Agricultural field planted with cassava, Nyire, 1994

Description:

A roadside agricultural field is planted with cassava (Manihot esculenta). The palmate leaves of the mature plants are visible growing among trees that were left standing when the intercropped field was first prepared. Regular weeding is needed to control spear grass, which can be seen growing at the edge of the field. Cassava is grown for its tubers, which can be harvested over a long period and store well when processed and dried. Its leaves are valued as an ingredient in soups. Planted early in the rainy season (April-May) the tubers mature in 6-18 months, depending on variety. Cassava tolerates poorer soils than yams (Dioscorea sp.), which are a preferred food in the area. Therefore, cassava it is grown in intercropped fields after yams are grown in the first year or two and before fields are left to fallow. Roadside near Nyire, August, 1994.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Date:

1994-06

Location(s) Facet:

Nyire

Subjects:

Agricultural field; Manihot esculenta

Subjects Facet:

Agriculture; Farming; Cassava

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Date searchable:

1994

Date searchable:

1994-06

Genre Facet:

35 mm slide

Format:

Image

Location(s):

Nyire

Date Digitized:

2020

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