Banda Through Time

Banda Through Time is a collection of digital resources generated through the activities of the Banda Research Project, which focused archaeological investigations on the Banda area, Bono (formerly Brong-Ahafo) Region, Ghana from 1982 through 2011. The collection includes: project funding proposals; interim and final funding agency reports; field notes, maps and drawings from field seasons focused on surface survey (1982) and excavations at the sites of Makala Kataa (1989, 1990, 1994), Kuulo Kataa (1995, 2000), a Regional Testing project (2001), and excavations at Ngre Kataa (2008, 2009). Resources are organized into "child collections" (listed to the right) to facilitate access.

Site Name Keywords
Kuulo Kataa • Ngre Kataa • Makala Kataa • Bui Kataa • Banda 13

Site Type Keywords
Village • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Iron production site • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features

Other Keywords
Village

Culture Keywords
West African • Historic • Iron Age

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation • Site Evaluation / Testing • Archaeological Overview • Research Design / Data Recovery Plan • Reconnaissance / Survey • Systematic Survey • Ethnohistoric Research • Ethnographic Research

Material Types
Ceramic • Fauna • Macrobotanical • Metal • Glass • Dating Sample • Ground Stone • Shell • Human Remains

Temporal Keywords
Makala phase • Kuulo phase • Ngre phase • Early Atlantic phase • Volta phase

Geographic Keywords
Africa (Continent) • Republic of Ghana (Country) • Brong-Ahafo (State / Territory) • Banda area • Bono Region • Banda

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-22 of 22)

  1. Banda (Ghana) Research Project
  2. Banda 13, 2009 Field Notes (2009)
  3. Banda Research Project, 1982-2011: Background to the Project (2021)
  4. Bui Kataa, 2008 Field Notes (2008)
  5. Final Report on National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0751350, "Genealogies of Practice & Global Entanglements in Banda, Ghana, AD 1000-1900." (2012)
  6. Final Report on National Science Foundation Grant SBR 9410726, "The Political Economy of Banda, Ghana, 1700-1925." (1998)
  7. Final Report on National Science Foundation Grant SBR-9911690, "A Regional Perspective on the Archaeology of Global Encounters, Banda, Ghana, AD 1300-1825." (2003)
  8. Funding proposal, National Science Foundation, "A Regional Perspective on the Archaeology of Global Encounters, Banda, Ghana, AD 1300-1825." (1999)
  9. Funding Proposal, National Science Foundation, "Genealogies of Practice & Global Entanglements in Banda, Ghana, AD 1000-1900." (2007)
  10. Funding proposal, National Science Foundation, "The Political Economy of Banda, Ghana, 1700-1925 (1994)
  11. Interim Report on National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0751350, "Genealogies of Practice & Global Entanglements in Banda, Ghana, AD 1000-1900." (2009)
  12. Interim Report on National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0751350, “Genealogies of Practice & Global Entanglements in Banda, Ghana, AD 1000-1900" (2011)
  13. Interim Report on National Science Foundation Grant SBR 9410726, "The Political Economy of Banda, Ghana, 1700-1925." (1995)
  14. Interim Report on National Science Foundation Grant SBR-9911690, "A Regional Perspective on the Archaeology of Global Encounters, Banda, Ghana AD 1300-1825." (2001)
  15. Kuulo Kataa, 1995 Field Notes (1995)
  16. Kuulo Kataa, 2000 Field Notes (2000)
  17. Makala Kataa 1989 & 1990 Field Notes (1990)
  18. Makala Kataa, 1994 Field Notes (1994)
  19. Ngre Kataa, 2008 Field Notes (2008)
  20. Ngre Kataa, 2009 Field Notes (2009)
  21. Regional Testing, 2000-2001 Field Notes (2002)
  22. Report of Investigations at Makala Kataa, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana (1992)