Subject(s): archaeology / Genre: digital image - Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past

1. Twinned copper alloy figurine, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: Two views of a twinned lost-wax cast copper alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 3. Lower "foot" plate broken off from figurine body. Height: 3.7 cm. Weight: 13.2 g. Kuulo Kataa, 15 June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17308 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 3
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-137
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

2. Iron serpentine sculpture, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: Two views of a serpent-like figure made from an iron rod. The "head" of the direct metal sculpture resembles a triangular-tipped iron projectile point, similar to those found on the same site during the same time period. The body is formed by undulating S-shaped loops which are stacked atop one another to form the "tail." Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 1. Scale in cm. Length: 8.4 cm. 39.6 g. Kuulo Kataa, 15 June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 62W 4N, Level 1
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Serpents
Subjects Facet:: Direct metal sculpture; Archaeology; Snakes; Iron; Projectile point; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-103
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

3. Twinned copper alloy figurine, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Two views of a twinned lost wax cast copper alloy figurine from Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5 cluster. Height: 5.9 cm. Weight: 31.3 g. Ngre Kataa, 19 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19086; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17308 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5 cluster
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: Catalog number SF-NK-08-209
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

4. Posters on display at the Banda Cultural Centre, 2011

Description:: Informational posters on Banda history and archaeology are displayed on easels in the hall of the Banda Cultural Centre. Examples of pottery recovered from excavations at Banda area sites rest on shelves in the background. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 18 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17053 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17052 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17054
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Posters; Banda Cultural Centre
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

5. Front and side views of a twinned copper alloy figurine, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: Front and side views of a twinned, lost-wax-cast copper-alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2. Height: 3.9 cm. Weight: 3.8 g. Kuulo Kataa, 4 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17314 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 2
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 00-318
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2012-08-02
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

6. Front and side views of a copper alloy figurine, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: Front and side views of a lost-wax cast copper alloy figurine from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 3. Height: 3.5 cm. Weight: 2.4 g. Kuulo Kataa, 4 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17308 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320 ; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17323
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 108N, Level 3
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 00-319
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

7. Copper alloy finger ring, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A copper alloy finger ring made from a rod forged into undulating S-shaped loops and joined at its ends by a flat metal plate. Two views. From Kuulo Kataa, Mound 101, Unit 2W 2S, Level 7. Height: 1.4 cm. Width: 2.6 cm. Weight: 8.4 g. Kuulo Kataa, 9 June, 1995.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 101, Unit 2W 2S, Level 7
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Ornaments; Archaeology; Rings (finger jewelry); Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-025
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

8. Archaeological team members, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Members of the 2009 archaeological excavation team at Ngre Kataa. Team members included graduate students from the University of Ghana and North America, a representative of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board and Banda men from Ahenkro and Nyrie. Back row (L-R): David Adjartey Tei-Mensah, Peter, Frimpong, Enoch Mensah, Yaw Mensah, Yaw Francis, Devin Tepleski. Middle row (L-R): Amanda Logan, Sampson Fordjour, Kofi Paul, Felix Ochra, Yaw Frimpong; J.K. Mensah; Kofi "Photo" Manu; Ann Stahl, Kwakye Eric, Frank, Kofi Nsia; Front, seated (L-R): Abass Iddrisu, Osei Kofi, Andrew Gurstelle (kneeling). 9 July, 2009, Ngre Kataa.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Nyire
Subjects:: Team photo; Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Devin Tepleski
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-08-08
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Nyire;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Devin Tepleski
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

9. Consultation at the Palace, Banda-Ahenkro, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team members present informational posters on Banda history and heritage to members of the Banda Traditional Council. Sampson Attah (kneeling, stripped shirt) describes the content of the "Banda in the 18th & 19th Centuries" poster to the paramount chief and elders. Project members Ann Stahl (kneeling) and Kofi "Photo" Manu (standing, brown print shirt) look on together with assembled elders. Banda Ahenkro Palace, 11 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17052
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Posters; Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Devin Tepleski
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-11
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
People Facet:: Devin Tepleski
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

10. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: The Banda Queen Mother (Lelԑԑ Akosua Kepefu) and her elders look at informational posters on Banda history and heritage prior to the community event at which they were launched. Lelԑԑ Kepefu (left) listens as as Elder and Linguist Afua Fofie points to an image of women spinning cotton thread on the "Banda in the 18th and 19th Centuries" poster. Banda Research Project team members Sampson Attah (standing, orange collar) and Timothy Fordjour (right) look on. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17052
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

11. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team member Yaw Frimpong (blue shirt with the Banda Cultural Centre "Unity" logo) serves as a docent for one of the informational posters on Banda history and archaeology launched at a 2011 community event. Project team member Frimpong from Nyire (tan shirt) shares insight as several community members listen. A young man in the rear uses his cell phone to take a photo of the poster as he listens to the conversation. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage; Cell phones
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

12. Archaeological team members, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Members of the archaeological excavation team at Ngre Kataa. Team members included graduate students from the University of Ghana and from North America, a representative of the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board and Banda men from Ahenkro and Nyrie. Back row (L-R): Amy Groleau, Kofi Paul, Yaw Frimpong, Kofi "Photo" Manu, Felix Ochra, Mr. Monney, Nelson Anane, Sampson Fordjour, Yaw Mensah, Enoch Mensah, Ben Nutor, Amanda Logan, Osei Kofi. Front row (L-R): Ann Stahl, J. K. Mensah, Idrusu, Abass Iddrisu, Kofi Nsia, Kwakye Eric. Ngre Kataa, 19 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Nyire
Subjects:: Team photo; Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-19
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Nyire;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

13. Screening soil at Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Banda Research Project team members Kofi Paul and Kofi Nsia screen soil from a Mound 7 excavation unit at Ngre Kataa as team member Idrusu brings another headpan of soil. The excavated soil is sieved through 1/4 inch mesh screen in order to recover artifacts (fragments of pottery, metals, beads, animal bone) that will be bagged, cataloged and studied. Studying these objects and the contexts from which they were recovered (their provenience) helps archaeologists to learn about the daily lives of past people. Ngre Kataa, 9 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Screening; Sieving
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-09
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

14. Chief of Nyire visiting Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Archaeological team member Enoch Mesah (left, white shirt) explains what archaeologists have been learning through excavation of Mound 7 at Ngre Kataa. He addresses Tolɛɛ Gbankama, chief of Nyire (standing, center, white shirt) and accompanying Nyire elders during a site visit. Archaeological team member Kofi Nsia pauses excavation during the conversation, the short-handled hoe with which he is working resting on the ground in front of him. Ngre Kataa, 6 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Community engagement
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

15. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Community members discuss one of the informational posters on Banda history and archaeology launched at a 2011 community event. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

16. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Boase Chief Tolԑԑ Ligbi Wulotei (center) looks at pottery from Banda area archaeological sites while Banda Project team member Boye (far right) looks on. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

17. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team member Samuel Babatu (white shirt) serves as a docent for one of the informational posters on Banda history and archaeology launched at a 2011 community event. Young people gather to listen as he discusses the poster's content. In the background, other project team-member docents (Boye, Kofi "Photo" Manu and Yaw Frimpong) share other posters. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

18. Banda Heritage Community Event, 2011

Description:: Young people look at and talk about the"Banda in the 15th to 17th Centuries" informational poster during a Banda Heritage community event. Banda Cultural Centre, Ahenkro, 15 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17053
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Banda Cultural Centre; Community engagement; Community event; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-15
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.165961, -2.354312
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.165961, -2.354312

19. Consultation at the Palace, Banda-Ahenkro, 2011

Description:: Banda Research Project team members present informational posters on Banda history and heritage to members of the Banda Traditional Council. Sampson Attah (kneeling, stripped shirt) describes the content of the "Learning about Life in the Past" poster to the paramount chief and elders. Project members James Anane (standing, red shirt) and Ann Stahl (kneeling, right) look on. Banda Ahenkro Palace, 11 July, 2011.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17050
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Community engagement; Poster
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Heritage
Creator:: Devin Tepleski
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2011
Date searchable:: 2011-07-11
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.164906, -2.355708
People Facet:: Devin Tepleski
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.164906, -2.355708

20. Archaeological team members, Makala Kataa, 1990

Description:: Members of the 1990 archaeological excavation team at Makala Kataa. Team members included Banda men from Ahenkro and Makala. Back row (L-R): Kwasi Donkor, Donkor Johnson, __, Lamini, Kwasi Mensah (driver), Kwadwo Manu, Obour Bartholomew, Yaw Francis, Enoch Mensah, Mensah Listowell (red shirt). Front row (L-R) Daniel Mensah, Kwabena Mensah, Malik Abrefa, Ann Stahl, Yaw Frimpong, Osei Kofi. Also pictured are Peter Donkor and Richard Aboabo. Makala, July, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Makala Kataa; Team photo
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Andrew Black
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.142573, -2.381145
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
People Facet:: Andrew Black
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142573, -2.381145

21. Archaeological team members, Makala Kataa, 1989

Description:: Members of the 1989 archaeological excavation team at Makala Kataa. Team members included Banda men from Ahenkro and Makala. Left-right: Enoch Mensah, Yaw Frimpong, Kwasi Donkor, Obour Bartholomew, ___, Osei Kofi, Samuel Babatu, Yaw Francis, Mustapha, Donkor Johnson. Makala Kataa, July, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Location(s) Facet:: Ahenkro
Subjects:: Makala Kataa; Team photo
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989
Date searchable:: 1989-07
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ahenkro;8.142053, -2.383126
Date Digitized:: 2019-05-02
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142053, -2.383126

22. Excavations at a metal working area, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Archaeological excavations of Mound 6 at Ngre Kataa in 2009 expose a workshop where blacksmiths produced iron and copper-alloy tools and ornaments. The mound is being excavated in 2 x 2 meter units named for the coordinates of their northeast corner. In unit 50N 0W (foreground), an area of burned soil marks the location where blacksmiths heated metals. A pottery jar sits in place to the right. In surrounding units (50N 2W, 48N 0W, 48N 2W) are large anvil stones where the hot metals would have been hammered and shaped through forging. The mound's stratified deposits suggest that the workshop area was used for many decades, and perhaps centuries, between the years of about 1350 and 1520 CE (Common Era). View across the mound from the northeast looking towards the southwest. Site Ngre Kataa. 27 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Workshop; Mound 6
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Metallurgy; Archaeology; Metalworking; Forging; Excavations (Archaeology); Iron; Copper alloys
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-27
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

23. Miniature copper alloy spoon, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Miniature lost wax cast spoon, perhaps a gold weight. From Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 14N 22E, Level 8. Length: 4.3 cm. Weight: 2.1 g. Ngre Kataa, 27 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 14N 22E, Level 8
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Miniature spoon
Subjects Facet:: Lost wax casting; Archaeology; Gold-weights; Copper alloys; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-313
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

24. Crucible, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: A crucible used to process copper alloys from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 102N, Level 12. Crucibles like this would have been used to heat copper alloys to a liquid state for use in casting, including casting through a lost-wax process. Scale in cm. Kuulo Kataa, 27 June, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130, Unit 95E 102N, Level 12
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Handicraft; Metal casting; Metalworking; Copper alloys; Lost wax casting; Archaeology; Lost-wax process; Crucibles; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: Catalog number SF-KK-00-229
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2010-08-20
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

25. Bell-shaped copper alloy pendant, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: Bell-shaped copper-alloy pendant from Kuulo Kataa, Mound 148, Unit 70E 48N, Level 2. Height: 3.3 cm. Weight: 5.4 g. Kuulo Kataa, 6 July, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 148, Unit 70E 48N, Level 2
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Pendants (jewelry); Ornaments; Copper alloys; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: Catalog number SF-KK-00-362
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

26. Copper wire finger ring, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Finger ring made from twisted copper alloy wire. From Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 4W, Level 5. Width: 2.3 cm. Weight: 1.6 g. Ngre Kataa, 8 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17595
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 4W, Level 5. Piece plot: 104 cm S, 153 cm W, 118 cm bd
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Wire; Ornaments; Rings (finger jewelry); Copper alloys; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-403
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
Genre:: Digital Image
Genre Facet:: Digital Image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

27. In situ grinding stones and pottery, unit 44N 4W, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Several grinding stones, a whole pot and a cluster of pottery sherds have been exposed in situ at the base of level 3, unit 44N 4W at Mound 6, Ngre Kataa. The large grinding stone in the foreground (grinding stone 1, NK-08-112) is oriented with its grinding surface facing down. Another smaller stone rests on a soil pedestal created as archaeologists excavated surrounding soil to a lower level. Upper right, a whole pottery jar (NK-08-176) sits next to a large grinding stone (grinding stone 3, NK-08-173) oriented with its grinding surface up. To the far left, above the photo scale in centimeters, archaeologists have exposed the edges of a pottery jar, broken in half and lying on its side. As excavations extended into the adjacent unit (42N 4W, to the left), this broken pot was found to be associated with two tuyere fragments. This cluster of grindstones, tuyeres and nearby burned features is interpreted as part of a larger metal-working workshop, the activities of which led to the build up of mound 6. The soil on the right side of the unit is darker because it is moister than that on the left. View to west. Site Ngre Kataa. 1 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17601; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17598
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 4W, level 3
Date:: 2008-07-01
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone; Tuyere
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking
Identifier:: Catalog numbers NK-08-112, 08-176 and 08-173
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008-07-01
Date searchable:: 2008
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

28. Drawing a plan map, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Banda Research Project team members Amanda Logan (right) and Amy Groleau (left) draw a plan map of units 44N 4W and 44N 6W, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa. They map in situ artifacts and features, including several large grinding stones, a whole pot, pottery clusters and a tuyere fragment. Wooden stakes mark the corners of 2 x 2 meter excavation units. A photo scale place near a partially exposed everted rim jar in unit 44N 6W (NK-08-407) is in 5 centimeter increments. Ngre Kataa, 7 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6
Date:: 2008-07-07
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Mapping; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008-07-07
Date searchable:: 2008
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

29. In situ pottery and grinding stones, unit 42N 4W, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Excavations in unit 42N 4W have exposed clusters of pottery, grinding stones, tuyeres and an area of burned soil associated with metal working at Mound 6, Ngre Kataa. Foreground, left, a grinding stone (GS 08-10) rests with its working surface face down. It sits at a slightly higher level than a nearby (left) whole pottery jar (NK 08-406). To the right of these, a partial pot (NK 08-282) and a tuyere fragment (NK 08-284) are clustered together with two halves of a broken pottery jar, lying with its exterior surface facing down. To the south (behind), near the sign board and framed by photo scales, is a burned feature. Next to it sits a hand-held hammerstone (GS 08-11). Another partial pottery jar (NK 08-520) and a small flat grinding stone (GS 08-12) have been exposed to the left of the sign board at 77 cm below the unit's datum. The narrow dark bands visible in the soil are the traces of animal burrows. Photo scale adjacent to the sign board in centimeters. View looking south. Site Ngre Kataa. 7 July 2008.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19136; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19177; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19132; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19135
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, unit 42N 4W
Date:: 2008-07-07
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone; Burned basin; Tuyere
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Handicrafts; Metalworking; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008-07-07
Date searchable:: 2008
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

30. Twinned copper alloy figurine, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: A twinned lost wax cast copper alloy figurine from Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5 cluster. Archaeologists interpret the Feature 5 cluster as a shrine placed among metalworking facilities. Height: 5.9 cm. Weight: 31.3 g. Ngre Kataa, 19 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17320; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19086; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19084; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19085
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5 cluster
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Copper alloys; Archaeology; Figurines; Lost wax casting; Lost-wax process; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: Catalog number SF-NK-08-209
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2012-07-25
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

31. Grinding stone, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: A deeply worn grinding stone (grindstone 1, NK-08-112) removed from levels 1-2, unit 44N 4W, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, photographed at the side of the excavation unit. The grinding stone was found in association with other grinding stones, tuyere fragments and whole and partial pots. When found, the grinding stone was oriented with its working surface facing downward. It was located adjacent to a concentration of dark soil (feature 1) that contained abundant oxidized sediment, slag and broken pottery. Archaeologists interpret the features at Mound 6 as facilities used to make and process metals. Photo scale in 5 centimeter increments. Ngre Kataa, 2 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17602
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 4W, levels 1-2
Date:: 2008-07-02
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008-07-02
Date searchable:: 2008
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

32. Burned feature, unit 50N 4W, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: The circular outline of a burned basin (Feature 3) is bracketed by photo scales (center) in unit 50N 4W (130 cm below the unit datum) at Mound 6. A pottery jar sits to the right side of the basin, its opening covered by a potsherd lid. To the left, a grinding stone sits, grinding surface down, over top of another pottery jar. Burned features like these were associated with metal working in this Mound 6 workshop area. Photo scale at bottom in centimeters. Site Ngre Kataa. 29 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17594
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, 50N 4W, 130 cm bd
Date:: 2009-06-29
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone; Burned basin
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Handicraft; Metalworking; Metallurgy; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009-06-29
Date searchable:: 2009
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

33. Burned feature in a metallurgical workshop, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: The circular outline of a burned basin (Feature 3) is bracketed by photo scales (left of center) in unit 50N 4W (130 cm below the unit datum) at Mound 6. A pottery jar sits to the right side of the basin, its opening covered by a potsherd lid. To the left, a grinding stone sits, grinding surface down, over top of another pottery jar. Another grinding stone (far left) sits at a higher level in unit 50N 6W. A second burned feature is associated with a grinding stone tipped on its side, far right. Another pottery jar sits nearby, also lidded with a broken sherd. Burned features like these were associated with metal working in this Mound 6 workshop area. Photo scale at bottom in centimeters. Site Ngre Kataa. 29 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17593
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, 50N 4W, 130 cm bd
Date:: 2009-06-29
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone; Burned basin
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Handicraft; Metalworking; Metallurgy; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009-06-29
Date searchable:: 2009
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

34. Copper wire finger ring in situ, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A finger ring made of twisted copper alloy wire is photographed in situ. Base of level 5, unit 44N 4W, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa. Scale in 5 centimeter increments. Ngre Kataa, 8 July, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17105
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, 44N 4W, Level 5. Piece plot: 104 cm S, 153 cm W, 118 cm bd
Date:: 2009-07-08
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Rings (finger jewelry); Ornaments; Copper alloys; Wire
Identifier:: Catalog number SF-NK-09-403
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009-07-08
Date searchable:: 2009
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

35. North wall, unit 46N 2W, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: The mouth of a perforated shrine pot (left) is covered with the pedestaled base of another pot. It remains in situ as the surrounding areas of unit 46N 2W are excavated to lower levels. Behind, the stratified layers of Mound 6 are visible in the unit's north wall. Center (back) are a series of anvil and grinding stones exposed at higher mound levels in other excavation units. During excavations in 2008, a cluster of four anvil/grinding stones was found at a level slightly higher than but adjacent (left/west) to the perforated pot. At right, in lower levels, two grinding stones rest at an angle in association with a burned feature. Archaeologists interpret Mound 6 as a metallurgical workshop at which stratified levels built up through repeated use of the same location. Photo scale in centimeters. Site Ngre Kataa. 2 July, 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19112; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17596; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19131
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, unit 46N 2W
Date:: 2009-07-02
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone; Stratigraphy
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009-07-02
Date searchable:: 2009
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

36. 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

37. Traces of a building, Mound 7, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A light-colored slurry plaster marks the outlines of earthen walls exposed through excavations at Mound 7, Ngre Kataa. The upside down "T" shape shows the intersection of two walls. The vertically oriented wall is made from a lighter colored clayey soil compared to the darker horizontally oriented wall. Both walls were coated on the inside and outside with a thin plaster, appearing as a light-colored thin line exposed as archaeologists excavated the horizontal level. A red-and-white photo scale lies across one of the walls near a north arrow and a photo board with provenience information. Ngre Kataa, 6 June, 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 12N 24E, 80 cm below datum
Date:: 2009-06-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building; Clay; Plastering; Walls
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-06
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

38. Traces of a building, Mound 7, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A light-colored slurry plaster marks the outlines of earthen walls exposed through excavations at Mound 7, Ngre Kataa. View looking eastward. The L-shaped juncture where two walls intersect is visible (bottom). The interior and exterior of the walls were coated with a thin plaster, appearing as a light-colored thin line exposed by archaeologists as they dug down. A two-meter scale appears (left). To the right and outside the building is a cluster of stones, some perhaps used in food processing activities. Ngre Kataa, 6 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Units 12N 24E and 12N 26E, 80 cm below datum
Date:: 2009-06-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building; Clay; Plastering; Walls; Grinding stone
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

39. Traces of a building, Mound 7, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A light-colored slurry plaster marks the outlines of earthen walls exposed through excavations at Mound 7, Ngre Kataa. View looking westward. The T-shaped juncture where two walls intersect is visible (center, top). The interior and exterior of the walls were coated with a thin plaster, appearing as a light-colored thin line exposed by archaeologists as they dug down. A two-meter scale appears (right) by a photo board. To the left and outside the building is a cluster of stones, some perhaps used in food processing activities. Ngre Kataa, 6 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Units 12N 24E and 12N 26E, 80 cm below datum
Date:: 2009-06-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Building; Clay; Plastering; Walls; Grinding stones
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Dr. Amanda L. Logan
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-06
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
People Facet:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

40. 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

41. 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:: 2008-06-23
Date searchable:: 2008
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

42. Insitu shrine clusters, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu pottery and iron artifacts associated with clusters B and C of what archaeologists interpret as a shrine (clusters A-D) which capped stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop. Far left in unit 48N 10W, the flat surface of an anvil/grinding stone (GS 09-32) is exposed, to the left (west) of which a poorly preserved portion of an elephant tusk was found (now removed). To the right (east) of the large stone is Cluster B, which includes the group of sherds seen in the vertical exposure in front and left (west) of the tree stump. Behind the tree stump is a large cluster (C) of pottery lids, partial pots and iron objects. Photo scale marked in 5 cm increments. View looking towards northwest. Site Ngre Kataa. 10 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19192; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19154; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19197; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19191
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Levels 3-4
Date:: 2009-06-10
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Shrines; Pottery; Iron
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

43. Insitu shrine clusters, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu pottery and iron artifacts associated with clusters B-D of what archaeologists interpret as a shrine (clusters A-D) which capped stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop. Bottom left, at the base of a balk supporting the unit peg, is cluster D, comprised of two stones flanking an iron disc, laid flat (SF 09-158), and a tri-looped iron bangle (SF 09-159). In front and left (east) of the tree stump is a large cluster (C) of pottery lids, partial pots and iron objects, including an iron bangle (SF 09-148) and a pair of miniature iron manacles (SF 09-171, "B"-shaped object). To the right (west) of the tree stump, another cluster of pottery and iron objects can be seen. Top right of the photo, a yellow notebook rests on top of an anvil/grinding stone (GS 09-32), next to which rested a poorly preserved section of an elephant ivory tusk. North arrow photo scale marked in 5 cm increments, arrow pointing north. View looking towards southwest. Site Ngre Kataa. 10 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19196; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19194; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19092; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19191
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Levels 3-4
Date:: 2009-06-10
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Manacles
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Shrines; Pottery; Bangles; Ornaments; Iron; Shackles
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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44. 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
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

45. Burned features and insitu stones, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: View across open excavations in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The photo centers on units 46N 8W (foreground) and the southern half of 48N 8W, the north wall of which (at 47N) can be seen behind the sign board. The exposed areas were excavated in 2008 and the photo taken in preparation for 2009 excavations. Traces of circular burned features, red-orange and yellow in color, can be seen in the freshly scraped surface of these units. The uppermost north arrow sits to the right (east) of the circular outline of a still-buried everted-rim jar. Another everted-jar rim can be seen exposed in the north wall at 47N. This rim and associated artifacts formed cluster B, part of a larger shrine feature (clusters A-D) that extended across the northern half of unit 48N 8W (beneath and behind the small tree trunk visible above and left of the sign board). Cluster A (unit 46N 8W) comprised a large pottery bowl surrounded by six iron bangles that was removed in 2008. It was positioned above and slightly west (left) of the burned feature (center photo) that is intersected by a tree root. Cluster B included the artifacts seen here in the north wall at 47N, together with an associated cluster of a pedestal-handled pot lid, dog skull and jaw bones revealed by further excavation beneath and west (left) of the tree stump. In the upper right of the photo (north and east), insitu anvil (GS 09-15, left) and grinding (GS 09-12, right) stones are visible in unit 50N 6W. Photo scales marked in 5 cm increments and measuring tape marks 2 m. Arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 6 June 2009.
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Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19170; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19143; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19152
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Units 46-48N 8W, 100 cm bd
Date:: 2009-06-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Pottery; Shrines
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-06
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa; 8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

46. Insitu shrine clusters, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu pottery and iron artifacts associated with clusters C and D of what archaeologists interpret as a shrine that capped stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop. Cluster D appears in the foreground, left, below unexcavated soil remaining around the 48N 8W unit peg. Here two small stones flank a flat iron disc (SF 09-159, left) and a tri-looped iron bangle (SF 09-158, right). Cluster C is a large grouping of pottery and iron objects located north of the tree stump, center photo. Included were several whole pottery lids, a broken but mostly complete jar associated with an iron bangle (SF 09-148) and a pair of miniature iron manacles (SF 09-171). The bangle is visible, resting on a soil pedestal in front of the tree trunk's center. In the photo's upper right, a large anvil stone (GS 09-32), on which sits a yellow notebook, is visible. Flanking this stone on its western edge was a portion of an ivory tusk. Photo scale marked in 5 cm increments. Arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 10 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19092; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19193; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19191
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Level 3
Date:: 2009-06-10
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Shrines; Pottery; Bangles; Ornaments; Iron
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

47. Insitu shrine cluster, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu pottery and iron artifacts associated with cluster C of what archaeologists interpret as a shrine (clusters A-D) that capped stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop. Center photo are two large pieces of an everted-rim jar, its exterior surface facing outward. Immediately above is a large portion of the same pot, its interior surface facing outward. Found positioned against the jar's interior surface was a pair of miniature iron manacles (SF 09-171, "B"-shaped object). An iron bangle (SF 09-148) was positioned at the jar's mouth, above the manacles. To the left of the bangle is the upper edge of a large grinding stone (GS 09-26), which later excavations revealed to be oriented with its grinding surface down. To the right of the bangle, a pedestal-handled pot lid (NK 09-381) rests with its interior surface oriented upward. At center photo, bottom, a pot lid with a strap handle (NK 09-382) rests on its side. To the right of the north arrow, portions of an another pedestal-handled pot lid lie with its interior oriented upward. Photo scale at upper right marked in cm. Arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 10 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19194; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19192; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19191
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Level 3
Date:: 2009-06-10
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Manacles
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Shrines; Pottery; Bangles; Ornaments; Iron; Shackles
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

48. Insitu shrine cluster, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu pottery and iron artifacts associated with cluster C of what archaeologists interpret as a shrine (clusters A-D) that capped stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop. Lower center of the photo are two large pieces of an everted-rim jar, its exterior surface facing outward. Immediately above is a large portion of the same pot, its interior surface facing outward. Found positioned against the jar's interior surface was a pair of miniature iron manacles (SF 09-171, "B"-shaped object). An iron bangle (SF 09-148) was positioned at the jar's mouth, above the manacles. To the left of the bangle is the upper edge of a large grinding stone (GS 09-26), which later excavations revealed to be oriented with its grinding surface down. To the right of the bangle, a pedestal-handled pot lid (NK 09-381) rests with its interior surface oriented upward. Photo scale marked in cm. View looking south. Site Ngre Kataa. 10 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19080; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19161; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19193
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Level 3
Date:: 2009-06-10
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Manacles
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Shrines; Pottery; Bangles; Ornaments; Iron; Shackles
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

49. 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
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Commentary:: Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

50. 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
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

51. Shrine clusters B-C, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu pottery and iron artifacts associated with clusters B and C of what archaeologists interpret as a shrine that capped stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop. Cluster B encompassed the objects on the south (right) side of the photo, west of (below) the tree stump. To the right of the black-and-white photo stick (lower right) is an iron spike (SF 09-174), a half bangle (SF 09-173) and a slightly curved iron disc (SF 09-172) in a carefully placed composition. Immediately to the east (above in the photo), an aglomeration of pottery sherds is stacked. Later excavation revealed a pedestal-handled pottery lid, dog skull and jaw bones carefully placed below these sherds in cluster B. Cluster C encompassed the artifacts to the north (left) of the tree stump. These included a series of pottery lids, portions of single pottery jar and sherds from other pots. An iron bangle (SF 09-148) is visible above and slightly left of the top photo scale, sitting adjacent to a pottery lid (NK 09-381) lying with its interior surface up. This wider shrine assemblage overlaid burned features associated with metalworking activities. Black-and-white photo scale in 5 cm increments. Arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 10 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19164; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19193
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Level 3
Date:: 2009-06-10
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Shrines; Pottery; Bangles; Ornaments; Iron
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

52. Preparing a profile map, Ngre Kataa, July, 2008

Description:: Members of the Banda Research Project work together to map profile walls in a 2 x 2 m unit in mound 7 at Ngre Kataa. Left (white hat), Enoch Mensah measures from a level line while Amy Groleau (red shirt) records measurements in preparation for drawing the profile map. With their backs to the camera, Osei Kofi (left) and Amana Logan (right) work as a team to map the opposite wall. Ngre Kataa, 19 July 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Date:: 2008-07-19
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-19
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

53. Digging with a short-handled hoe, Ngre Kataa, July, 2008

Description:: Yaw Frimpong uses a short-handled hoe with a wide blade to loosen and remove soil from an excavation unit (46N 8W) in mound 6 at Ngre Kataa. A second short-handled hoe with a narrower, thicker blade rests on the ground (foreground). To the right, colored flags mark artifacts previously excavated by Ben Nutour using a trowel and left insitu. Foreground is a coiled iron bangle/bracelet (SF 08-140), behind which is a partial large pottery bowl. Further excavations yielded a concentration of iron bangles and other objects suggestive of a shrine cluster in this and adjacent excavation units at mound 6. Ngre Kataa, 9 July 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19145; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19179
Date:: 2008-07-09
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool; Hoe
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Bangles; Shrines
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-09
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa; 8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

54. Tanged iron blade, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A curved, tanged iron blade (brɔfiɛn in Nafaanra), slightly shouldered at the base (right), with a short narrow tang for the purpose of hafting to a wood handle. The tool shows signs of corrosion. The artfiact was excavated from a house mound. Scale in cm. Length: 19.1 cm. Weight: 54.7 g. Ngre Kataa, 4 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 10N 28-30E, Level 7
Date:: 2009-06-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Blades (tool and equipment components); Cutting tools; Knives; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-113
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

55. Miniature iron shackles from a shrine cluster, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Miniature iron shackles (manacles). The artifact was excavated from a context that archaeologists interpret as a shrine located in metallurgical workshop. The shrine included many pottery jars and lids, iron bangles and other objects. The miniature shackles were placed inside a pottery jar, which was found lying on its side and broken. The shackles have been corroded by rust. Scale in cm. Width: 7.4 cm. Weight: 16.1 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 9-10 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19161
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Level 3. Piece plot, 41cm S, 75 cm W, 83 cm bd
Date:: 2009-06-10
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Manacles
Subjects Facet:: Shackles; Iron; Leg irons; Handcuffs; Shrines; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-171
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-10
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

56. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Iron projectile point, the head of which (left) has a rounded base. Two small barbs project from the point's long tang. To make an arrow (snini in Nafaanra), the tang was inserted into a straight shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood to which it was hafted. This artifact was found in an area that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop, in the vicintiy of anvil and grinding stones and features interpreted as forges. The projectile point shows signs of corrosion by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 15.2 cm. Weight: 16 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 5. Piece plot 68-79 cm S, 22-23 cm W, 110 cmbd
Date:: 2009-06-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-354
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

57. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Triangular-headed iron projectile point with squared base (left) and long tang (right). To make an arrow (snini in Nafaanra), the tang was inserted into a straight shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood to which it was hafted. This artifact was excavated from what archaeologists interpret as a house mound. It shows signs of corrosion by rust. Scale in cm. Length: 9.6 cm. Weight: 12.6 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 3 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 10N 30E, Level 6. Piece plot, 44 cm S, 127 cm W, 76 cmbd
Date:: 2009-06-03
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-090
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-03
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

58. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Iron projectile point. The head (left) is asymmetrical, perhaps the result of its base being broken. The intact side of the base is shouldered. Two small barbs protrude from opposite sides of the point's long tang (right). To make an arrow, the tang would have been inserted into a shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood. This point was found in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The artifact has been corroded by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 10.1 cm. Weight: 8.9 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 June, 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 3
Date:: 2009-06-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 09-110
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

59. Artifact cluster, Mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A tri-looped iron bangle (SF 09-158) and a flat iron disc (SF 09-159) exposed insitu between two stones. The surfaces of the stones showed signs of use for grinding. This group of objects (cluster D) was found near--and may have been part of--a larger cluster of objects (A-D) that archaeologists interpret as a shrine placed over stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop. Photo scale marked in 5 cm intervals. Arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 9 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19101; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19099
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 8W, base Level 4
Date:: 2009-06-09
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Iron; Bangles; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-09
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

60. Iron strike-a-light, Makala Kataa

Description:: An iron strike-a-light. When struck against flint, sparks are created to light tinder in fire-making. This locally made tool was found in the lower levels of mound 5, an area that archaeologists interpreted as a kitchen based on the presence of stacked pottery jars, grinding stones and hearth stones. The object's orange color is the result of oxidation (rust). Photo scale in cm. Site Makala Kataa. 3 July, 1989.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 6, Mound 5, Unit 4W 0S, Level 1
Date:: 1989-07-03
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Fire
Subjects Facet:: Iron; Strike-a-light; Archaeology
Identifier:: SF MK6 89-005
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1989
Date searchable:: 1989-07-03
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724; -2.382957
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724; -2.382957

61. Gunflint or strike-a-light from Makala Kataa, 1990

Description:: An imported gunflint or strike-a-light recovered from late 19th-century Makala Kataa. Flint is a fine-grained stone that creates a spark when struck against iron. Gunflints were shaped pieces of stone placed into the hammer of a gun mechanism. Pulling the trigger released the hammer, causing the flint to strike a steel plate and creating sparks that lit the gun's powder. The flint's top face (bottom left view) has been beveled by the flint knapper and its side edges (top left) have been flaked or chipped. Its bottom surface is smooth (bottom right). Gunflints like these were made in large numbers in centers like Brandon, Suffolk, England and imported into West Africa in large quantities during the 18th and 19th centuries. These flints were also used to spark fires apart from their use in guns, giving rise to the name "strike-a-light." Photo scale in cm. Site Makala Kataa. 25 June, 1990.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Makala Kataa, Station 10, Trench 1, Unit 2, Level 1
Date:: 1990-06-25
Location(s) Facet:: Makala Kataa
Subjects:: Gunflint
Subjects Facet:: Firearms; Archaeology
Identifier:: SF MK10 90-014a
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1990
Date searchable:: 1990-06-25
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Makala Kataa;8.142724; -2.382957
Sketchfab Uid:
Commentary:: Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.142724; -2.382957

62. Tanged iron blade, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: An iron blade, rounded at the tip (left), flared at the base and with a short tang (right) which allowed it to be hafted to a wood handle. The tool shows signs of corrosion. The blade was excavated from a level characterized by abundant iron slag and ashy soil. Scale in cm. Site Kuulo Kataa. 23 June, 2000.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 131, Unit 126E 140N, Level 10
Date:: 2000-06-23
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Tanged blade; Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Iron; Blades (tool and equipment components); Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 00-193
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2000
Date searchable:: 2000-06-23
Genre:: Digital image
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

63. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Asymmetrical barbed iron projectile point with a bent shaft. This artifact was found in an area that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. It was found near--and may have been part of--a large cluster of objects interpreted as a shrine. The (partial?) point has been corroded by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 9.1 cm. Weight: 11.3 g. Site Ngre Kataa, 6 July 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 8W, Level 6. Piece plot, 5 cm S, 5 cm W, 102 cm bd
Date:: 2009-07-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 09-384
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-06
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

64. Tanged iron blade, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Tanged iron blade with pointed tip (left) and rounded shoulders. Two large concretions adhere to the blade's corroded surface. The tang (right) would have allowed the blade to be hafted to a wooden or bamboo shaft or handle. If hafted to a long shaft, it may have been used as a spear (chombo in Nafaanra). This artifact was found closely associated with a copper alloy twinned figurine, an iron bangle, a rounded quartz pebble and several other objects, which archaeologists interpret as a shrine cluster. The cluster was placed among metal-working features in a metallurgical workshop. Scale in cm. Length: 8.6 cm. Weight: 12.6 g. 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/17-19086; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17600; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19085
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5. Piece plot, 15-20 cm S, 161-167 cm W, 78 cm bd
Date:: 2008-07-19
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Blades (tool and equipment components); Cutting tools; Knives; Iron; Archaeology; Shrines; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 08-207
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
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

65. Iron bangle, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: A circular iron bangle, made from a rounded iron rod with abutting ends (bottom of photo). The bangle's surface is corroded by rust. This artifact was found closely associated with a copper alloy twinned figurine, a tanged iron blade, a rounded quartz pebble and several other objects, which archaeologists interpret as a shrine cluster. The cluster was placed among metal-working features in a metallurgical workshop.Scale in cm. Maximum diameter: 8.1 cm. Weight: 75 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 19 July 2008.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19086; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19084; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17600;
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Feature 5. Piece plot, 4-12 cm S, 165-174 cm W, 77-79 cm bd
Date:: 2008-07-19
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Ornaments; Bangles; Iron; Shrines; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 08-206
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-19
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

66. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Triangular-headed iron projectile point with a barb at the head's base (left) and a long tang (right). To make an arrow (snini in Nafaanra), the tang was inserted into a straight shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood to which it was hafted. This artifact was found in an area (mound 7) that archaeologists interpret as a house mound. The projectile point shows signs of corrosion by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 9 cm. Weight: 9.2 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 7 July, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 14N 24E, Level 2
Date:: 2008-07-07
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 08-128
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-07
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

67. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Triangular-headed iron projectile point (SF 09-033) with a slightly squared base (left ) and a short tang (right). To make an arrow (snini in Nafaanra), the tang was inserted into a straight shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood to which it was hafted. This artifact was found close to several anvil/grinding stones in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The projectile point shows signs of corrosion by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 8.1 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/17-19181
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 48N 2W, Level 5. Piece plot: 53 cm S, 20 cm W
Date:: 2009-05-30
Location(s) Facet:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 09-033
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-05-30
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

68. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Iron projectile point with an asymmetrical head (left), a single barbed at the base of the head and a small barb on the opposite side along the tang. To make an arrow, the long tang (right) would have been inserted into a shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood. This artifact was found in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The point has been corroded by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 15.2 cm. Weight: 13.7 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 2 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 0W, Level 3
Date:: 2009-06-02
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 09-069
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-02
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

69. Tanged iron blade, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A curved iron blade (brɔfiɛn in Nafaanra), rounded at the tip (left), slightly shouldered at the base, with a long tang (right) for the purpose of hafting. The tool shows signs of corrosion. The artfiact was excavated from a house mound and found in a level of midden-like deposits. Scale in cm. Length: 11.2 cm. Weight: 11.7 gm. Site Kuulo Kataa. 14 June, 1995.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 118, Unit 66W 14N, Level 4
Date:: 1995-06-14
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Blades (tool and equipment components); Cutting tools; Knives; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF KK 95-089
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 1995
Date searchable:: 1995-06-14
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

70. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Triangular-headed iron projectile point with a single barb at the base of its head (left) and a long thin tang (right). To make an arrow (snini in Nafaanra), the tang was inserted into a shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood to which it was hafted. The artifact shows signs of corrosion. The point was excavated from a deep midden mound in an disturbed by a pig burrow. Scale in cm. Length: 12.4 cm. Weight: 14.2 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 25 June, 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 8, Unit 8N 127E, Level 12
Date:: 2008-06-25
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 08-011
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-06-25
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

71. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Triangular-headed projectile point with barbs on either side of the head's base (left). Its long tang (right) is bent. To make an arrow (snini in Nafaanra), the tang was inserted into a straight shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood to which it was hafted. This artifact was found in an area that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The projectile point shows signs of corrosion by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 9.8 cm. Weight: 10.2 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 5 July, 2008.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 6W, Level 3; piece plot: 67-71 cm S, 142-156 W
Date:: 2008-07-05
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF NK 08-112a
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-05
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
Sketchfab Uid:
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

72. Copper alloy (brass) bar, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A piece of a copper alloy (brass) bar, found in association with burned features that archaeologists interpret as linked to metalworking (left: side view; right, end views). The bar is square in cross-section (right). One end appears finished and has a slight circular depression or dimple (bottom right). The other end (top right) is jagged and appears to be broken from a longer bar. The artifact was recovered from soil associated with an amorphous burned feature, underneath which were a series of burned basins likely created by forging activities. The object is similar in appearance to brass bars known from the Ma'adin Ijafen cache of brass ingots documented by Theodore Monod in eastern Mauritania in the 1960s. As such, this may be the form in which metalworkers got the copper alloys that were worked at the site. Length: 1.7 cm. Weight: 2.8 g. Scale in cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 25 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19110
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 8W,Level 5. Piece plot: 198 cm W, 88 cm S, 110 cm bd
Date:: 2009-06-25
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities); Copper alloys; Metalworkinig
Identifier:: SF 09-293
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-25
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

73. Burned features unit 50N 8W, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A cluster of burned features is exposed in the northwest corner of excavation unit 50N 8W in an area interpreted by archaeologists as a metallurgical workshop (mound 6). Along the unit's west wall (left in photo) is an amorphous zone of fire-hardened red (Munsell color 2.5YR 3/6) matrix. A piece of brass bar (SF NK 09-293) was found in soil associated with this burned feature. Above and to the right (northeast), two circular burned features are visible in outline. These basin-shaped features had a thin lining of fire-hardened sediment, red to dark red (Munsell 2.5 YR 3/6 & 4/8) in color. The basins were filled with loose ashy sediment and small pieces of charcoal. A sample of burned matrix from feature 1 (top right basin) yielded a thermoluminescence (TL) age estimate of 1500 +/- 40 CE (Univ. Wash. 2455). Further excavation revealed additional basin-shaped features beneath the amorphous burned feature. The excavation unit's northwest corner peg is visible, upper left. View looking north. Site Ngre Kataa. 27 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19109; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19111
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 8W,Level 6
Date:: 2009-06-27
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Forging
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-07
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

74. Excavated burned basins, unit 50N 8W, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A cluster of burned basin-shaped features is exposed in the northwest corner of unit 50N 8W in an area interpreted by archaeologists as a metallurgical workshop (mound 6). The basins comprised a thin layer of fire-hardened sediment, red to dark red (Munsell colors 2.5 YR 3/6 & 4/8) in color. Basin features 1 (top right) and 2 (left of feature 1) measured about 8-9 cm deep and were filled with ashy soil. Basin feature 5 (far left) was shallower. Its fire-hardened surface showed a pinkish tinge. Samples of burned basin matrix from features 1 and 5 yielded thermoluminescence (TL) age estimates of 1500 +/- 40 CE (feature 1; Univ. Wash. 2455) and 1580 +/- 40 CE (feature 5; Univ. Wash. 2456). Photo bar marked in 5 cm increments. Arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 29 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19110
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 8W,Level 6
Date:: 2009-06-29
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Forging
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-29
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

75. Anvil stone in a metallurgical workshop, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A boulder used as an anvil stone (GS 09-07) sits insitu in an excavated area interpreted as a metallurgical workshop. A black-and-white photo scale stick stands vertically against it. The boulder's upper surface shows signs of use wear and its north-facing side is marked by a cup-shaped depression that resulted from repeated use. To the north (left), a fist-sized hammer stone (GS 09-09) rests insitu on a pedestal of soil left in place as the unit was excavated. Two stones showing evidence of use as grinding stones sit nearby, a north arrow placed by one(GS 09-10; center photo) and one in the southwest corner of the excavation unit (GS 09-08; bottom right). Another insitu anvil stone (GS 09-6) sits in the northeast corner of an adjacent excavation unit (48N 0W; top right of photo). The narrow band of loose soil angled across the southwest corner of the excavation was created by a burrowing animal. Photo stick and small arrow scale in 5 cm intervals. Photo scale arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 2 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19119
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 0W, Level 2
Date:: 2009-06-02
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-02
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

76. Anvil stone in a metallurgical workshop, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A boulder used as an anvil stone (GS 09-01) sits insitu in an excavated area interpreted as a metallurgical workshop. This was one of several boulders associated with burned features and other residues of metalworking. The boulder's upper surface showed signs of use wear and its south-facing side is marked by a deep cup-shaped depression that resulted from repeated use. A burned feature interpreted as the remains of a forge is visible behind the anvil stone (upper left) in the northwest corner of excavation unit 50N 2W. Flat photo scale in cm. Arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 1 June 2009.
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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 4
Date:: 2009-06-01
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-01
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

77. Anvil stones in a metallurgical workshop, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Excavations uncovered three insitu boulders placed in a row that were used as anvil stones in an area interpreted as a metallurgical workshop. Multiple surfaces of the boulders show signs of wear caused by hammering and grinding. Repeated use of the anvil stone in the foreground (GS 09-03) has created a clear depression on its upper surface and its left side is flattened by wear. The middle anvil stone (GS 09-02) has multiple depressions created by use on its upper surface. The anvil in the rear of the photo (GS 09-01) shows wear on its top and side surfaces, with dirt still embedded in a deep cup-shaped depression on its south-facing side in this photo. To the east (right) of the boulder in foreground, the flat surface of a grinding stone (GS 09-04) is visible in the east wall of the excavation unit. A broken pedestal base of a pot sits on its side to the east (right) of the middle anvil stone. In the upper left corner of the photo, a burned feature interpreted by archaeologists as the remains of a forge has been exposed. The red-and-white band above the photo sign is a two meter scale, marked in 10 cm increments. View looking north across two exavation units: 50N 2W (top of photo) and 48N 2W (bottom of photo). The 2x2m units have been excavated to slightly different depths. Site Ngre Kataa. 1 June, 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19121; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19181; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19182
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Units 48N 2W and 50N 2W, Level 4
Date:: 2009-06-01
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Forging
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-01
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

78. Iron disc, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A flat, thin iron disk. The object is corroded by rust. Its function is unknown. The disc was found in close association with a large anvil or grinding stone and adjacent to a distinctive pottery vessel and a smaller, irregularly shaped piece of flat iron (SF 09-171). This group of objects was located within an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. Scale in cm. Width: 9.4 cm. Thickness: .2 cm. Weight: 49.3 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 July 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19107; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19104; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19103
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 5. Piece plot: 134-140 cm S, 144-151 cm W, 100-107 cm bd
Date:: 2009-07-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Iron; Artifacts (Antiquities); Archaeology
Identifier:: SF 09-370
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-04
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

79. 17-19103

Description:: A flat, irregularly shaped iron with circular depression. The object is corroded by rust and its original form and function are unknown. It was found in close association with a large anvil or grinding stone (GS 09-15), a circular iron disk (SF 09-370) and a distinctive pottery vessel (NK 09-787). This group of objects was located within an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. Scale in cm. Width: 5.7 cm. Thickness: .2 cm. Weight: 9 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 July 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19107; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19102; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19104
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 5. Piece plot: 130-134 cm S, 152-155 cm W, 109-112 cm bd
Date:: 2009-07-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Iron; Artifacts (Antiquities); Archaeology
Identifier:: SF 90-371
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

80. Partial pottery vessel, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Interior view (left) and exterior view (right) of a partial pottery jar. The pot was found insitu near an anvil/grinding stone in an area interpreted by archaeologists as a metallurgical workshop. The jar's everted rim is rounded (right, top). Its exterior surface (right, bottom) shows evidence of layering, with an upper layer of clay added to a leather-hard lower layer before the pot was fired. The pot's walls are thicker than typical domestic pottery. Its find location suggests that it was probably made for an industrial rather than domestic purpose (possible pot bellow?). Dark smudging on the exterior surface affected both the upper and lower layers of clay, implying that it was exposed to high heat in a reducing atmosphere after manufacture. Striations on the vessel's interior (left) are the result of smoothing and forming during manufacture, with a small area of post-manufacture smudging visible (upper left). The vessel's ceramic fabric is tempered with laterite and crushed slag inclusions. It was found in close association with an anvil/grinding stone (GS 09-15), a circular iron disc (SF 09-370) and an irregularly shaped flat piece of iron (SF 09-371). Intact rim's diameter (exterior lip): 13.5 cm. Photo scale in cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 July 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19107; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19103; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19102;
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 4, 97-105 cm bd
Date:: 2009-07-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Jar
Subjects Facet:: Pottery; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: NK 09-787
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Commentary:: Composite photo made using Adobe Photoshop 2020
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

81. Burned feature, unit 46N 2W, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Two views of a burned basin-shaped feature (Feature 2) in mound 6, unit 46N 2W, part of an area that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The feature has been sectioned to reveal its profile. Viewed from the top, the circular feature consists of a ring of fire-hardened yellowish red (Munsell color 5YR 5/8) sediment. The fire-hardened matrix is thicker at its top edge than it is at the bottom of the basin, where its color is dark red (Munsell 2.5YR 3.6). In profile view (second photo), the basin appears as a narrow band of yellowish red fire-hardened sediment. The fire-hardened sediment is thin and rounded at the base of the basin, suggesting that it may have formed around a round-based vessel used to heat metals. A thermoluminescence sample of the burned matrix yielded a date of 1490 +/- 50 years (Univ. Wash. 2364). Photo scale in cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 23 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19112
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 46N 2W, L7
Date:: 2009-06-23
Location(s) Facet:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Forging
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-23
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

82. Stratified deposits, south wall, unit 50N 0W, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: The southeast corner of excavation unit 50N 0W in mound 6 shows stratified layers that accumulated in an area interpreted as a metallurgical workshop (mound 6). An anvil stone (top of photo; GS 09-06) is pedestaled insitu in the adjacent excavation unit (48N 0W). This stone was found immediately below the mound's top surface. A smaller grinding/anvil stone is visible in the east wall of unit 50N 0W, at a depth of one meter below. Burned orange-red lenses that archaeologists interpret as features associated with processing metals are visible in the strata between the stones. Evidence suggests that these layers built up through repeated use of this location for metalworking activities. Stadia rod numbered intervals of 10 cm. View looking south. Site Ngre Kataa. 9 July 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19117
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Univ 50N 0W, South Wall
Date:: 2009-07-09
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-09
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

83. Stratified deposits, south wall, unit 50N 0W, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: The south wall of excavation unit 50N 0W in mound 6 shows stratified layers that accumulated in an area interpreted as a metallurgical workshop. An anvil stone (GS 09-06; left of the sign board) is pedestaled insitu in the adjacent excavation unit (48N 0W). Other pedestaled grinding stones are visible to the right and behind the sign board. These stones were found just below the mound's top surface. A smaller grinding/anvil stone is visible in the east wall of unit 50N 0W, at a depth of one meter below the anvil stone. Burned orange-red lenses that archaeologists interpret as features associated with processing metals are visible in the strata between the stones. Ashy lenses are visible in the south and west walls. Evidence suggests that these layers built up through repeated use of this location for metalworking activities. Width of unit: 2 meters. Site Ngre Kataa. 9 July 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19116
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Univ 50N 0W, South Wall
Date:: 2009-07-09
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-09
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

84. Anvil and grinding stones in a metallurgical workshop, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: View across four excavation units, looking west across an area interpreted as a metallurgical workshop. An anvil stone (GS 09-01) sits insitu in the foreground in unit 50N 2W. In the northwest corner of the same unit (below the roll of red flagging tape, right), the remains of a partially excavated burned feature interpreted as a forge are visible. A pottery jar (NK 09-686), lidded with a broken rounded base of another pot, is visible in the next unit (50N 4W). It sits adjacent to another burned feature in the unit's northwest corner (behind the pot, not visible in this photo). The jar is overlaid by another burned feature (visible as a layer of orange soil). A second pot (NK 09-685), to the left of the first, is covered by a flat stone (GS 09-13) whose lower surface shows evidence of grinding. A larger flat U-shaped grinding stone (GS 09-12) sits insitu atop a soil pedestal in the northeast corner of the next unit (50N 6W). To the south (left) of the stones, a partially exposed jar rim (NK 09-749) is visible close to the eastern edge of unit 50N 6W). Behind it, a large anvil/grinding stone (GS 09-15; faintly visible because it blends into the surrounding soil color) is partially exposed, with a smaller hammer/grinding stone (GS 09-16) sitting in front and left (south) of the large stone. A smaller grinding stone (GS 09-19; upper left of photo) has been pedestaled insitu in the farthest unit (50N 8W). Subsequent excavations in unit 50N 8W revealed a series of burned features in its northwest corner. A two meter yellow tape is extended along the edge of unit 50N 4W (right). Site Ngre Kataa. 24 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Units 50N, 2 to 8 W, various levels
Date:: 2009-06-24
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-24
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

85. Anvil stone in a metallurgical workshop, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A boulder used as an anvil stone (GS 09-07) sits insitu in an excavated area interpreted as a metallurgical workshop. A black-and-white photo scale stick stands vertically against it. The boulder's upper surface shows signs of use wear and its north-facing side is marked by a cup-shaped depression that resulted from repeated use. To the north (left; center photo), a fist-sized hammer stone (GS 09-09) rests insitu on a pedestal of soil left in place as the unit was excavated. Another stone that shows evidence of use as a grinding stone sits nearby (GS 09-10; left in photo). The narrow band of loose soil angled across the southwest corner of the excavation unit (right of photo) was created by a burrowing animal. Photo stick and small arrow scale in 5 cm intervals; large arrow in 10 cm intervals. Photo scale arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 2 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19120
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 0W, Level 2
Date:: 2009-06-02
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-02
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

86. Burned features, unit 46N 2W, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Three burned features are visible at the base of level 6 in unit 46N 2W. Two circular features (F1, right & F2, left) have been cross-sectioned, creating a straight edge. Burned feature 3 is an irregularly shaped (rectangular) area pedestaled on the east (right) side of the excavation unit. Along the unit's west wall (left) is an unexcavated rectangular area. Within this matrix was a perforated pot (NK 09-789) lidded with the pedestal base from another pot. The perforated pot contained cowries and small fragments of iron. In units to the north (behind), a row of insitu anvil stones (GS 09-03, -09-02 and 09-01, near to far) is visible in units 48N 2W and 50N 2W. To the east (right) of these, a flat grinding stone (GS 09-08) and an anvil stone (GS 09-06) can be seen insitu in units 48N 0W and 50N 0W. A pottery jar (NK 09-790) rests insitu in the center of unit 50N 0W. To the left of the archaeologist in the blue shirt (Abass Iddrisu), a flat grinding stone (GS 09-12) and a pot (NK 09-685) lidded with a grinding stone (GS 09-13) are visible on the boundary between units 50N 4-6W. Excavation units measure 2 x 2 meters. Site Ngre Kataa. 24 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17597; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19115
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 46N 2W
Date:: 2009-06-24
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Pottery; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-24
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

87. Burned feature, unit 46N 2W, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Two views of a burned basin-shaped feature (Feature 2) in mound 6, unit 46N 2W, part of an area that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The feature has been sectioned to reveal its profile. Viewed from the top, the circular feature consists of a ring of fire-hardened yellowish red (Munsell color 5YR 5/8) sediment. The fire-hardened matrix is thicker at its top edge than it is at the bottom of the basin, where its color is dark red (Munsell 2.5YR 3.6). In profile view (second photo), the basin appears as a narrow band of yellowish red fire-hardened sediment. The fire-hardened sediment is thin and rounded at the base of the basin, suggesting that it may have formed around a round-based vessel used to heat metals. A thermoluminescence sample of the burned matrix yielded a date of 1490 +/- 50 years (Univ. Wash. 2364). Photo scale in cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 23 June 2009.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19112
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 46N 2W, L7
Date:: 2009-06-23
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Forging
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-23
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

88. Iron projectile point fragment, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Partial iron projectile point, the tip of the head (left) broken off. The base of the head forms a right angle barb with the short tang. The tang (right) would have been inserted into a shaft made of bamboo, reed or lightweight wood to form an arrow. This point was found in an area (mound 7) that archaeologists interpret as a house mound. The artifact is corroded by rust. Scale in cm. Length: 9.1 cm. Weight: 13.6 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 7, Unit 10N 30E, Level 8
Date:: 2009-06-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 09-114
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

89. Iron disc, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Flat, thin iron disk (SF 09-159). The object is corroded by rust and its edges notched in two spots. Its function is unknown. The disc was found in a cluster (cluster D) with an iron bangle (SF 09-158) and two stones whose surfaces showed evidence of grinding. The cluster was part of a wider feature (clusters A-D) that archaeologists interpret as a shrine, which overlaid stratified deposits in a metallurgical workshop (mound 6). Scale in cm. Width: 8.1 cm. Thickness: .2 cm. Weight: 29.8 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 9 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19092; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19101
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 8W, Level 3. Piece plot: 194 cm S, 4 cm W, 85 cm bd.
Date:: 2009-06-09
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Iron; Artifacts (Antiquities); Archaeology
Identifier:: SF 09-159
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-09
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

90. Tri-looped iron bangle, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A tri-looped iron bangle (SF 09-158). The bangle was formed from a single round iron rod, looped three times at the top (detail, left). The rod is joined with a single twist at the base, with each end of the rod overlaid by a thin iron strap (bottom), causing slight thickening on either side of the twisted base. The bangle was found in close association with a flat iron disc (SF 09-159) and two stones whose surfaces showed evidence of grinding (cluster D). Archaeologists interpret this context as part of a larger shrine feature (clusters A-D) in a metallurgical workshop. The bangle shows signs of corrosion by rusting. Scale in cm. Width: 8.5 cm. Weight: 30.2 g. Ngre Kataa. 9 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19092; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19099
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 8W, Level 3. Piece plot: 195 cm S, 22 cm W, 85 cm bd.
Date:: 2009-06-09
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Ornaments; Bangles; Iron; Shrines; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 09-158
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-06-09
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

91. Insitu artifact cluster, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A large insitu anvil/grinding stone in an area interpreted by archaeologists as a metallurgical workshop. It is associated with several smaller stones that show signs of use as grinding or hammer stones. On the northwest side of the stone is a partial pottery vessel--unusual for its layered construction (NK 09-787). To the right of the partial pot are two flat iron discs (larger, above, SF 09-370 and smaller, below SF 90-371). The smaller grinding stone (upper left of photo) rested, grinding surface down, on top of a pottery jar (NK 09-788) which was exposed in the next excavation level. Photo scale bar in 5 cm increments. Photo arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 July 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 7
Date:: 2009-07-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Iron; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Coverage:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19103; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19102
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

92. Insitu artifact cluster, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: A large insitu anvil/grinding stone in an area interpreted by archaeologists as a metallurgical workshop (two views). It is associated with several smaller stones that show signs of use as grinding or hammer stones. On the northwest side of the large stone (GS 09-15) is a partial pottery vessel--unusual for its layered construction (NK 09-787). Sitting adjacent to the partial pot are two flat iron discs (larger one, above in photo 1, SF 09-370 and smaller, below in photo 1, SF 90-371). A smaller grinding stone (GS 09-24) sits northeast of the anvil stone, positioned with its grinding surface down. It rested on top of a pottery jar (NK 09-788) which was exposed in the next excavation level. An area of fire-hardened sediment to the southeast of the anvil stone (photo 2) is interpreted as part of a forging feature. Photo scale bar in 5 cm increments. Photo arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 4 July 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19104; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19103; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19102
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 7
Date:: 2009-07-04
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Iron; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2009
Date searchable:: 2009-07-04
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

93. Insitu grinding stone and jar, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: View from above of an insitu grinding stone (GS 08-03) and a pottery jar (NK 08-176) at the base of excavation level 3 in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The grinding stone has a concave upper surface, partly obscured by unexcavated soil. Roots and rootlets are visible on the right side of the photo. Photo stick marked in 5 cm increments. Arrow pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 1 July 2008.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19128
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 4W, Level 3
Date:: 2008-07-01
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone; Jar
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Archaeology; Metalworking; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-01
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

94. Pottery jar, mound 6, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Photo of a globular pottery jar (NK 08-176) found in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. The pot was found sitting next to a large grinding stone (GS 08-03). The jar's lip is slightly everted and its upper surface is undecorated. A horizontal band of contiguous diagonal impressions marked in alternating directions ("/\/\") appears above the jar's rounded shoulder. Its lower body and base are darkened and surface treated with fiber roulette impression. Rim diameter: 18cm at exterior lip. Vessel height (base to rim): 17 cm. Photo scale in cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 1 July 2008.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19127
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 44N 4W. Piece plot: 145-160 cm W, 12-30 cm S, 46-63 cm bd
Date:: 2008-07-01
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Jar; Fiber roulette
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities); Pottery
Identifier:: NK 08-176
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-01
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

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

Description:: 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.
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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
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

96. Iron projectile point, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Iron projectile point fragment. The elongated head (left) has a single barb at its base and a short tang (right). The point has been corroded by rusting. Scale in cm. Length: 11.3 cm. Weight: 14 g. Site Ngre Kataa. 26 June 2008.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 8, Unit 8N 127E, Level 14
Date:: 2008-06-26
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Iron tool
Subjects Facet:: Projectile points; Iron; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 08-024
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-06-26
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

97. Everted-rim pottery jar, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Photo of a pottery jar with a slightly everted rim (NK 08-406), found insitu in an area that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. Above its rounded shoulder, the jar's surface is undecorated, with the possible exception of traces of red pigment in some areas. The jar's shoulder is decorated with a band of circular punctates interspersed with cross-hatched designs, repeated twice around the jar's circumference. Its base and lower body are surface treated with cord roulette in a zone bounded by a band of diagonal impressions which create a zigzag design ("/\/\"). The jar is fire-clouded in zones across its surface. The jar was found in the vicinty of a grinding stone (GS 08-10), a partial tuyere (NK 08-284) and a burned feature. Rim diameter at exterior lip: 20 cm. Vessel height: 19 cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 15 July 2008.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17598
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 42N 4W. Piece plot: 39-56 cm S, 37-55 cm W, 66-81 cm bd
Date:: 2008-07-15
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Jar; Punctate; Cord roulette
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Pottery; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: NK 08-406
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-15
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

98. In situ pottery and grinding stones, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Excavations in units 42N 4W and 44N 4W have exposed clusters of pottery, grinding stones, tuyeres and an area of burned soil associated with metal working at mound 6, Ngre Kataa. Foreground, bottom right, are a partial pottery jar (NK 08-520) and a small flat grinding stone (GS 08-12; partially visible). To the left (west), framed by photo scales, is a burned feature. Next to it sits a hand-held hammerstone (GS 08-11). Above (to the north), a cluster of pottery and a partial tuyere (NK 08-284) are visible along the boundary between excavation units (marked by stakes). To the right of that cluster (east), a grinding stone (GS 08-10) has been pedestaled where it was found, resting with its working surface face down. Two pottery vessels sit at a slightly lower level (NK 08-406). Top center of the photo, at the far end of the excavated area, a cluster of anvil stones is visible (GS 08-05 to 08) in excavation unit 46N 4W. Photo scale adjacent to burned feature marked in 5 cm intervals. View looking north. Site Ngre Kataa. 7 July 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19175; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17598; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19132; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19135
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, 42-46N 4W, Level 2
Date:: 2008-07-05
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Grinding stone; Anvil stone
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-05
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

99. In situ pottery, anvil and grinding stones, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: Wide view of excavation unit 44N 6W in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. Lower left, below the unit's corner stake (44N 6W), the partial rim of an everted jar (NK 08-408) has been pedestaled. It rests with its rim down. Between it and a large anvil stone (GS 08-25, center photo) is a smaller light-colored stone (GS 08-21) and piece of a jar rim. Another jar rim (NK 08-409) has been pedestaled in place to the left (east) of the anvil stone. Behind the anvil stone, an everted-rim jar (NK 08-407, photo stick in front) has been partially exposed. In the unit's center, to the right of the anvil stone, the rounded edge of a burned feature is visible. To the right (west) and in front (north) of that, a photo scale sits alongside an iron projectile point (SF 08-112). The soil around it has been dampened to aid excavation (dark circular area). To its right (west) is another piece of a worn grinding stone (GS 08-20). Visible in the adjacent units (left, east) is a grindstone (GS 08-10) which has been pedestaled in place and to its right a cluster of pottery and a tuyere (NK 08-284). View looking south. Photo bar marked in 5 cm intervals. Site Ngre Kataa. 7 July 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19138
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, 44N 6W, 70 cm bd
Date:: 2008-07-05
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone; Jar
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-05
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

100. Iron bangle, Ngre Kataa, 2008

Description:: An iron bangle (SF 08-182) made by coiling a flat iron rod with thinned pointed ends. The bangle was found in association with pottery, other bangles and artifacts (cluster A). Archaeologists interpret this context as part of a larger shrine feature (clusters A-D) that capped a metallurgical workshop. The bangle shows signs of corrosion by rusting. Scale in cm. Width: 8.2 cm. Weight: 38.8 cm. Site Ngre Kataa. 15 July 2008.
Rights:: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19143
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 46N 8W, Level 1. Piece plot: 0 cm S, 110-117 cm W, 36-38 cm bd
Date:: 2008-07-15
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Ornaments; Bangles; Iron; Shrines; Archaeology; Artifacts (Antiquities)
Identifier:: SF 08-182
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Date searchable:: 2008
Date searchable:: 2008-07-15
Genre Facet:: Digital image
Format:: Image
Source:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Location(s):: Ngre Kataa;8.11277778, -2.30611111
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

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