41. 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

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

42. 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

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

43. 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

Commentary:

Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957

44. Excavation units at Mound 148, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:

In-progress excavations of adjacent 2 x 2 m units at Mound 148, Kuulo Kataa. The base of units 70E 48-52N and 72E 50N have been excavated to depths ranging from 90-110 cm below datum. The large area of dark soil concentrated in unit 70E 50N (center) is intrusive pit fill which cut through the living surface at this mound level. An area of packed reddish-orange laterite gravel in unit 70E 52N (bottom, left) likely represents a prepared floor surface. To the right of the dark pit soil, in the boundary between units 70E 50N and 70E 48N, is a an irregularly shaped burned feature interpreted by archaeologists as likely associated with metalworking. Two radiocarbon samples associated with this burned feature had calibrated age ranges between c.1200-1400 CE. A cluster of hearth stones has been exposed in nearby unit 72E 50N (center photo). White bags filled with soil samples collected for flotation sit outside the excavated area together with excavation equipment. View looking eastwards. Kuulo Kataa, 11 July, 2000.

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial

Publisher:

University of Victoria Libraries

Provenance:

Kuulo Kataa, Mound 148

Date:

2000-07-11

Location(s) Facet:

Kuulo Kataa

Subjects:

Floors; Pits

Subjects Facet:

Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Metalworking

Identifier:

16

Creator:

Dr. Ann B. Stahl

Contributors:

Alex Caton

Date searchable:

2000-07-11

Date searchable:

2000

Genre:

35 mm slide

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

45. 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

Geographic Coordinates:

8.142724, -2.382957