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11. 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
12. Archaeological team members, Kuulo Kataa, 1995
- Description:
- Members of the archaeological excavation team joined by the Dompofie chief and teachers during the last days of the 1995 season at Kuulo Kataa. Team members included Banda men from Ahenkro and Dompofie along with visiting American graduate students and Ann Stahl. Back row (L-R): __, __, __, __, __, __, Amos Bediako, __, Alex Ababio, Daniel, __, Kwasi Peter, __. Middle row (L-R): Nana Emmanuel Dwiru, Yaw Francis, Kwasi Ali, Anane, __, Kofi "Photo" Manu, Donkor Johnson, Yaw Frimpong, Osei Kofi, Obimpeh Blorpor, Enoch Mensah, Kwame Anane, __, __. Front row (L-R): Kwame Bio, Alex Caton, Leith Smith, Ann Stahl, Obour Bartholomew. Also included in the photo are Alex Donkor, Alfred Nkrumah, Anane Peter, Asamoa Martin, John Preprah, Kwadwo Masoate, Kwadwo Nkrumah, Moses Nsiah, Peter Bile, and Stephen Okrah. Kuulo Kataa, July, 1995
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dompofie
- Subjects:
- Kuulo Kataa; Banda Research Project; Team photo
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Date searchable:
- 1995-07
- Genre:
- Color negative
- Genre Facet:
- Color negative
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Dompofie;8.14847222, -2.37472222
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-05-02
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Negative scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
13. Banda Research Project team at work, Kuulo Kataa, 1995
- Description:
- Banda Research Project excavation team members at work on Mound 118 at Kuulo Kataa. Wooden stakes mark the corners of 2x2 meter excavation units, several of which are in progress. North American students Leith Smith (white hat and shirt) and Alex Caton (far right) are pictured along with men from Dompofie and Ahenkro. View looking northward. Kuulo Kataa, 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Location(s) Facet:
- Dompofie
- Subjects:
- Kuulo Kataa; Banda Research Project
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Contributors:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Dompofie;8.14847222, -2.37472222
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-05-02
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
14. Excavations at Mound 2, Station 10, Makala Kataa, 1994
- Description:
- View of excavation units at Mound 2, Station 10, Makala Kataa. Wooden stakes mark grid points at 2 m intervals and string is used to mark the boundaries of 2 x 2 m excavation units. A deep pit in the corner of Unit 82W 14S (bottom, left) has been excavated and is set up for being photographed with a scale and photo board. Several Banda Research Project team members work as children look on. View to the south. Makala Kataa, July, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Makala Kataa, Station 10, Mound 2
- Date:
- 1994-07
- Location(s) Facet:
- Makala Kataa
- Subjects:
- Makala Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
- Identifier:
- 8
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1994-07
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Makala Kataa;8.142724, -2.382957
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-11-06
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.142724, -2.382957
15. Processing soil samples through flotation, Ahenkro, 1994
- Description:
- Banda Research Project team member Mensah Listowell processes soil samples from Makala Kataa using a bucket flotation method. The large head pan is filled with water into which he lowers a wire mesh basket filled with soil. As he gently shakes the basket, the soil dissolves and passes through the basket mesh. He uses a small mesh ladle to skim the seeds and charcoal ("light fraction") that float to the top of the water inside the basket. The "heavy fraction" which remains in the basket after the soil has washed away will be set aside to dry. It will be sorted for small artifacts like beads that may have been missed during excavation. Ahenkro, 1994.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 1994
- Location(s) Facet:
- Ahenkro
- Subjects:
- Flotation
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology)
- Identifier:
- 37
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1994
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Ahenkro;8.163438, -2.356776
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-11-06
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.163438, -2.356776
16. Unit 2W 2S, Kuulo Kataa, Mound 101, 1995
- Description:
- Banda Research Project team member Enoch Mensah stands at the base of a deep excavation unit (2W 2S) in Mound 101 at Kuulo Kataa. The 2 x 2 meter excavation unit at surface was narrowed to a 1 x 2 area in lower levels of the unit. He lifts up the ladder used to access the base of the unit. The stratified layers of the deep midden mound are visible in the unit's side walls. Kuulo Kataa, 1995.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution--NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17605; https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17551
- Date:
- 1995
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kuulo Kataa
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (archaeology)
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 1995
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Location(s):
- Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-11-08
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
17. 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.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- 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
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
18. Screening excavated soil, Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa,2000
- Description:
- Two Banda Research Project team members screen excavated soil at Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa. The men work on the edge of a cleared area several meters away from excavation unit 55W 69N. Thick vegetation covers the mound behind them. A headpan of excavated soil sits in front, awaiting screening. After sieving the soil, the men carefully pick and bag artifacts (fragments of pottery, metals, beads, animal bone) left in the screen. Studying these artifacts and the contexts from which they were recovered (their provenience) helps archaeologists to learn about the daily lives of past people. Kuulo Kataa, 2000.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Date:
- 2000
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kuulo Kataa
- Subjects:
- Screening; Sieving
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
- Identifier:
- 37
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- 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
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
19. Excavations at Mound 130, Kuulo Kataa, 2000
- Description:
- In-progress excavations at Mound 130, Kuulo Kataa. A notched tree trunk provides a ladder into the deep units. The south walls of units 93 & 95 E, 110N are visible (center photo), showing the mound's layered deposits. In unit 95E 106 N (photo right), Emmanuel Duku (left), Wazi Apoh (center) and Leith Smith (right) record soil colors using a Munsell Soil Color Chart. Top left, two team members work by a screen used to sieve excavated soil, piles of which are visible in the background. Mound 130 covers an area of approximately 1100 m2 and rises to roughly a meter above the surrounding ground surface. Excavation here revealed thick layers of ashy midden deposits inter-stratified with walls and floors of houses. Kuulo Kataa, 2000.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Provenance:
- Kuulo Kataa, Mound 130
- Date:
- 2000
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kuulo Kataa
- Subjects:
- Stratigraphy
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
- Identifier:
- 13
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- 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
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222
20. Profile mapping at Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa, 2000
- Description:
- Banda Research Project team members prepare to profile the north wall of unit 55W 69N at Mound 102, Kuulo Kataa. Osei Kofi (blue shirt) prepares to take measurements from a level string anchored by chaining pins. Alex Caton (wearing a hat) prepares to draw the profile. Wooden pegs mark the corners of the 1 x 2 m unit. Mound 102 is a large deep midden mound which covers approximately 1600 m2 and rises several meters above the surrounding ground surface. A single 1 x 2 m unit was excavated to the base of level 13, after which a 1 x 1 m unit was excavated to almost 4 m, removing roughly 5 m3 of soil. Kuulo Kataa, 8 July, 2000.
- Rights:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial
- Publisher:
- University of Victoria Libraries
- Relation:
- https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17582;https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff/catalog/17-17583
- Provenance:
- Kuulo Kataa, Mound 102, Unit 55W 69N
- Date:
- 2000-07-08
- Location(s) Facet:
- Kuulo Kataa
- Subjects:
- Profile mapping; Stratigraphy
- Subjects Facet:
- Archaeology; Excavations (Archaeology)
- Identifier:
- 29
- Creator:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Date searchable:
- 2000-07-08
- Genre:
- 35 mm slide
- Genre Facet:
- 35 mm slide
- Format:
- Image
- Location(s):
- Kuulo Kataa;8.14847222, -2.37472222
- Date Digitized:
- 2019-11-08
- People Facet:
- Dr. Ann B. Stahl
- Sketchfab Uid:
- Commentary:
- Slide scanned by Ann B. Stahl
- Geographic Coordinates:
- 8.14847222, -2.37472222