Brong-Ahafo (State / Territory) (Geographic Keyword)

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...

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The Banda Research Project encompassed archaeological investigations in the Banda area, Bono Region, Ghana from 1982 through 2011. Investigations focused on sites dating to the last two millennia, with a particular focus on how life in the region was shaped by wider inter-regional and inter-continental networks. The project originated in Ann B. Stahl's PhD research (University of California, Berkeley), followed by multiple seasons of survey, site testing and wider excavations at sites dating to...

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Field notes from the 2009 Banda Research Project field season at site Banda 13, Banda area, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana, consisting of small-scale excavations in two mounds (mounds 1 and 3) Typed transcriptions of field notes are accompanied by traced plan and profile maps. Handwritten notes on original field maps have been transcribed as comments to facilitate their use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

This document describes the archaeological activities of the Banda Research Project, which from 1982-2011 investigated sites dating to the last two millennia in the Banda area, Bono Region, Ghana. It summarizes the project’s history and describes general excavation strategies and lab procedures as context for using the excavation field notes and other materials curated in The Digital Archaeological Record’s (tDAR) “Banda Through Time” Collection...

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Field notes from the 2008 Banda Research Project test excavations at Bui Kataa, Banda area, Bono Region (formerly Brong-Ahafo Region), Ghana. Typed transcriptions of field notes are accompanied by traced plan and profile maps. Handwritten notes on scans of Ann Stahl's printed field notes and original field maps have been transcribed as comments to facilitate their use.

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...

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.

DOCUMENT Citation Only R J Mcintosh.

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...

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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

A final project report on 2008-2009 investigations at Ngre Kataa, Bui Kataa and Banda 13 in the Banda area, Ghana. The report was submitted to the National Science Foundation (Grant SBR 9410726) and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

A final project report on 1994 investigations at Makala Kataa, 1995 excavations at Kuulo Kataa, and ethnographic study of contemporary potting in the Banda area, Ghana. The report was submitted to the National Science Foundation (Grant SBR 9410726) and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

A final project report on investigations at Kuulo Kataa in the year 2000 and a program of regional site testing in the Banda area, Ghana. The report was submitted to the National Science Foundation (Grant SBR 9911690) and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

A funded proposal submitted to the National Geographic Society Grant (Grant 4313-90) that supported 1990 investigations at Makala Kataa, an 18th-19th century village from which residents moved when British colonial officials implemented a village relocation scheme early in the 20th century.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

A funded proposal submitted to the US National Science Foundation (SBR-9911690) that supported 1) investigations during 2000 at Kuulo Kataa, a site occupied in the 14th to 17th centuries and involved in both Saharan and (after the 15th century) Atlantic trade network; and 2) regional testing of sites across the Banda area, Ghana.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

A funded proposal submitted to the US National Science Foundation (BCS-0751350) that supported 1) excavations at Ngre Kataa in 2008 and 2009; and 2) smaller-scale excavations at Bui Kataa (2008) and Banda 13 (2009) in the Banda area, Ghana.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

A funded proposal submitted to the US National Science Foundation (SBR-9410726) that supported 1) 1994 investigations at Makala Kataa, an 18th-19th century village from which residents moved when British colonial officials implemented a village relocation scheme early in the 20th century; 2) contemporary potting practices in Banda area villages; and 3) excavations at Kuulo Kataa, a site occupied in the 14th to 17th centuries.

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...

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.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

An interim project report on 2008 investigations at Ngre Kataa and smaller-scale testing at Bui Kataa (Banda area, Ghana). The report was submitted to the US National Science Foundation and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

An interim project report on 2008-2009 investigations at Ngre Kataa and smaller-scale testing at Bui Kataa and Banda 13 (Banda area, Ghana). The report was submitted to the US National Science Foundation and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

An interim project report on 1994 investigations at Makala Kataa (Banda area, Ghana) and 1995 excavations at Kuulo Kataa. The report was submitted to the US National Science Foundation and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Ann B. Stahl.

An interim project report on 1995 excavations at Kuulo Kataa (Banda area, Ghana) and a program of regional site testing. The report was submitted to the US National Science Foundation and the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board. This version is annotated with hand-written notes by Ann Stahl, which have been transcribed as comments in the scanned version.

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Field notes from the 1995 Banda Research Project excavation season at Kuulo Kataa, Banda area, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana. Typed transcriptions of field notes are accompanied by traced plan and profile maps. Handwritten notes on original field maps have been transcribed as comments to facilitate their use.

DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Ann Stahl

Field notes from the 2000 Banda Research Project excavation season at Kuulo Kataa, Banda area, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana. Typed transcriptions of field notes are accompanied by traced plan and profile maps. Handwritten notes on original field maps have been transcribed as comments to facilitate their use.

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Field notes from the 1989 and 1990 Banda Research Project field seasons at Makala Kataa, Banda area, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana, documenting excavations at Stations 6 (1989, 1990), 9 (1990) and 10 (1990). Typed transcriptions of field notes are accompanied by traced plan and profile maps. Handwritten annotations on Ann Stahl's copy of the notes are transcribed as comments.