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Archaeology, Cosmology and African Ritual Past. Perspectives from Yikpabongo, Koma Land, Northern Region, Ghana (2013)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Benjamin Kankpeyeng.

The legacies of the slave trade in northern Ghana recognized in the traditions/memories of peoples of the area include vanished communities within vast territories today represented by archaeological assemblages. These archaeological regions suffered from raids resulting in the enslavement or dispersal of the inhabitants. Koma Land is located within such an archaeological region and contains unique mounds with insightful information for understanding the cosmological beliefs of the populations...

Aspekte der Töpferei in Lurum, Burkina Faso (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only A Stößel.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...

Bemerkungen zur sakralen Töpferei der Lobi in Burkina Faso (1988)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Klaus Schneider.

Bootsbau bei den Senufo (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only T Förster.

Developing Photo Metadata (2019)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Stahl.

This handout, "Developing Photo Metadata," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. The focus of this guide is on creating metadata for photographic collections. While there are many metadata categories that can be included in describing photographic collections, choices about which ones to include in a metadata template must be made. Metadata categories you record should anticipate your needs and those of future users of a...

Digital Data Management Plan Workflow (2019)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Rachel Fernandez.

This handout, "IAfF Digital Data Management Plan Workflow," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. This guide leads you through prompted sections to create a preliminary digital data management plan that can be used for any project that produces digital data.

Eisentechniken in Nord-Togo (1993)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Hans Peter Hahn.

The excavation of mud structures: an experiment from West Africa (1977)

DOCUMENT Citation Only R J Mcintosh.

File Format Cheat Sheet (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "File Format Cheat Sheet," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. This guide describes access and archival file formats that are required when creating digital objects. A table of recommended archival and access formats for various media types are included.

Grounded in the Past, Looking Forward: Reflections on Archaeological Practice in the New Millennium (2016)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Stahl.

The plenary theme asks us to reflect on the question “what pasts for Africa?” This is a very big question, with many possible responses. The ones that I sketch are shaped by my position as a graying, North American-based scholar, where archaeology is practiced as a subfield of anthropology and a discipline among the social sciences. This location has substantially shaped my approach to our field, in terms of the questions that intrigue me, the combination of ‘science’ and ‘art’ through which my...

Handwerk und materialisierte Kultur der Lobi in Burkina Faso (1990)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Klaus Schneider.

How to Organize and Scan Photographic Collections (2019)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann Stahl.

This handout, "How to Organize and Scan Photographic Collections," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. When working with photographic collections, it may come to you as a set of prints, negatives or slides. This handout provides a brief background on each medium and provides a recommended workflow for working with photographic collections. Helpful resources and practice questions are also included.

Making Digital Copies of Photographic Prints (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "Making Digital Copies of Photographic Prints," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. This guide walks you through the process of digitizing photographic prints from properly setting the scanner to creating archival and access copies. Best practices for file naming conventions and batch processing are also discussed.

Passeport pour le Patrimonie (2012)

DOCUMENT Full-Text UNESCO.

This 41-page booklet is a graphic aide for use in protection of cultural heritage by UN Peace Keeping forces, MINUSMA

Rund um die Feuerstelle: zeitgenössische Artefakte des häuslichen Lebens in Burkina Faso (Westafrika) (1987)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Günter Tiemann. Hermann J Esser.

Sakrale Töpferei der Lobi in Burkina Faso (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Klaus Schneider.

Sample Dublin Core Cataloguing Guidelines (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "Sample Dublin Core Cataloguing Guidelines," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. A sample list of Dublin Core metadata categories and associated definitions and examples are outlined in this guide.

Scanning from Slides and Film (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "Scanning from Slides and Film," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. The digitization process for both film and slides are described along with the pros and cons of scanning these media compared to photographic prints.

Scanning to a Text File (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "Scanning to a Text File," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. Although PDF is a convenient format for reading and sharing textual documents online, there are times when it is most useful to create a fully editable transcription of a document. This guide walks you through the steps on creating a Word document from a paper report. Anytime that you have a paper copy of a document, and you would like to have a digital,...

Scanning Unbound Documents (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "Scanning Unbound Documents," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. Although it is possible to scan printed documents on a photo scanner, it is more convenient to purchase a document scanner if you are going to do a lot of this kind of material. A document scanner is optimized for scanning documents quickly, and it comes with optical character recognition software that can turn an image into editable text. This guide...

Shai pots: the pottery industry of the Shai people of Southern Ghana (1968)

DOCUMENT Citation Only A K Quarcoo. M Johnson.

A study on lost wax casting processes in Mali and Burkina Faso (Western Africa). Workshops and casting techniques as ethno-archaeological demonstration material. (1993)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Barbara R Armbruster.

Tips for Producing Good Quality Video (2018)

DOCUMENT Full-Text Lisa Goddard.

This handout, "Tips for Producing Good Quality Video," is a part of the Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past (IAfF) Digital Resource Guides. Best practices when producing video including camera orientation, lighting, and transferring files from camera to computer are discussed in this guide.

Töpferei bei den Lyela in Burkina Faso (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Rüdiger Schott.

Töpferei der Lobi (1991)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Klaus Schneider.