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1. 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.
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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
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.11277778, -2.30611111

2. Burned feature, unit 128W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A burned, irregularly shaped basin-like feature exposed in level 3 of unit 128W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa. The presence of slag and burned features like this one suggest that Mound 138 was a place where the site's occupants worked metals. Kuulo Kataa, 15 July, 1995.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17575; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17574
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 138, Unit 128W 26S, Level 3
Date:: 1995-07-15
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology); Metalworking
Identifier:: 26
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Andrew Black
Date searchable:: 1995-07-15
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
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Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

3. East wall, unit 130W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A burned basin-like feature is visible in profile in the east wall of excavation unit 130W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa. Clustered and adjacent to the burned area at the base of level 7 are three pottery pedestal bases, broken away from their original pots. The presence of slag and other burned features in adjacent units suggest that Mound 138 was a place where the site's occupants worked metals. A photo scale with 5 cm intervals points north. Kuulo Kataa, 14 July, 1995.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17575; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17576
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 138, Unit 130W 26S, East Wall
Date:: 1995-07-14
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology); Metalworking; Pottery
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Andrew Black
Date searchable:: 1995-07-14
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
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Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

4. East wall, unit 130W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa, 1995

Description:: A burned basin-like feature is visible in profile in the east wall of excavation unit 130W 26S, Mound 138, Kuulo Kataa. Based on the presence of slag and other burned features in adjacent units, the mound is interpreted as a place where the site's occupants were working metals. A photo scale with 5 cm intervals points north. Kuulo Kataa, 14 July, 1995.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17574; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17576
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 138, Unit 130W 26S, East Wall
Date:: 1995-07-14
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology); Metalworking
Identifier:: 3
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Andrew Black
Date searchable:: 1995-07-14
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
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Commentary:: Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
Geographic Coordinates:: 8.14847222, -2.37472222

5. 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.
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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
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6. 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.
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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
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7. Excavation units at Mound 148, Kuulo Kataa, 2000

Description:: In-progress excavations of adjacent 2 x 2 m units at Mound 148, Kuulo Kataa. The base of units 70E 48-52N and 72E 50N have been excavated to depths ranging from 90-110 cm below datum. The large area of dark soil concentrated in unit 70E 50N (center) is intrusive pit fill which cut through the living surface at this mound level. An area of packed reddish-orange laterite gravel in unit 70E 52N (bottom, left) likely represents a prepared floor surface. To the right of the dark pit soil, in the boundary between units 70E 50N and 70E 48N, is a an irregularly shaped burned feature interpreted by archaeologists as likely associated with metalworking. Two radiocarbon samples associated with this burned feature had calibrated age ranges between c.1200-1400 CE. A cluster of hearth stones has been exposed in nearby unit 72E 50N (center photo). White bags filled with soil samples collected for flotation sit outside the excavated area together with excavation equipment. View looking eastwards. Kuulo Kataa, 11 July, 2000.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Kuulo Kataa, Mound 148
Date:: 2000-07-11
Location(s) Facet:: Kuulo Kataa
Subjects:: Floors; Pits
Subjects Facet:: Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology); Metalworking
Identifier:: 16
Creator:: Dr. Ann B. Stahl
Contributors:: Alex Caton
Date searchable:: 2000-07-11
Date searchable:: 2000
Genre:: 35 mm slide
Genre Facet:: 35 mm slide
Format:: Image
Location(s):: Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
Date Digitized:: 2019-11-08
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8. 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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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
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9. 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.
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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
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10. 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.
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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
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11. 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.
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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
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12. 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
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13. 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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14. Insitu anvil and grinding stones, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu anvil/grinding stones in excavation unit 50N 6W in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. A large anvil stone (GS 09-15, foreground, left) sits next to a small stone, its lower surface worn flat by serving as a hand-held grinder. A large tree root is visible to the west of the stone, behind which is an area of unexcavated soil on top of which pottery sherds had been found (now removed). To the east and flanked by the black-and-white photo scale is the partial rim of an everted-rim jar (NK 09-749). To the north of this, a large flat grinding stone (GS 09-12) has been pedestaled in place. Photo scales marked in 5 cm increments. Arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 6 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 4
Date:: 2009-06-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking; Iron
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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15. Insitu anvil and grinding stones, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Insitu anvil/grinding stones in excavation unit 50N 6W in an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. Left of center photo, a large anvil stone (GS 09-15) sits next to a small stone, its lower surface worn flat by serving as a hand-held grinder. Behind this stone is an area of unexcavated soil on top of which pottery sherds had been found (now removed). Lower foreground, flanked by the black-and-white photo scale, is the partial rim of an everted-rim jar (NK 09-749). To the north of this (right), a large flat grinding stone with a well-worn upper surface (GS 09-12) has been pedestaled in place. Visible in the southern corner of the west wall of the unit (upper left) in this photo is a flat iron disk (SF 09-159), embedded in the wall above a small stone. Photo scales marked in 5 cm increments. Arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 6 June 2009.
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Publisher:: University of Victoria Libraries
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 4
Date:: 2009-06-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking; Iron
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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16. Insitu anvil and grinding stones, Ngre Kataa, 2009

Description:: Two views of insitu anvil/grinding stones in excavation unit 50N 6W, part of an area (mound 6) that archaeologists interpret as a metallurgical workshop. In the photo looking northward (arrows point north), a large anvil stone (GS 09-15, foreground, left) sits next to a small stone, its lower surface worn flat by serving as a hand-held grinder. A large tree root is visible to the west of the stone, behind which is an area of unexcavated soil on top of which pottery sherds had been found (now removed). To the east and flanked by the black-and-white photo scale is the partial rim of an everted-rim jar (NK 09-749). To the north of this, a large flat grinding stone (GS 09-12) has been pedestaled in place. In the view looking west, the well-worn upper surface of this narrow stone can be seen. Visible in the southern corner of the west wall of the unit (upper left) in this photo is a flat iron disc (SF 09-159), embedded in the wall above a small stone. Further excavation showed that this disc was part of an object cluster that included a tri-looped iron bangle and interpreted as part of a shrine. Photo scales marked in 5 cm increments. Arrows pointing north. Site Ngre Kataa. 6 June 2009.
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Relation:: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19092; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19099; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-19118
Provenance:: Ngre Kataa, Mound 6, Unit 50N 6W, Level 4
Date:: 2009-06-06
Location(s) Facet:: Ngre Kataa
Subjects:: Anvil stone; Grinding stone
Subjects Facet:: Excavations (Archaeology); Pottery; Metalworking; Iron
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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17. 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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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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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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.
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 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

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