Banda (Ghana) Research Project

Summary

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 the second millennium CE. For a related web exhibit and additional resources, see the URL listed above.

Cite this Record

Banda (Ghana) Research Project. ( tDAR id: 463099) ; doi:10.48512/XCV8463099

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URL: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff


Keywords

Culture
Historic • Iron Age • West African

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

Site Type
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Village

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

General
Village

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

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

Temporal Coverage

None: 0 to 1920

Spatial Coverage

min long: -2.436; min lat: 7.905 ; max long: -2.117; max lat: 8.28 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Ann Stahl

Record Identifiers

National Science Foundation(s): BNS-8213368; BCS-0751350; SBR-9911690; SBR-9410726

Wenner-Gren Foundation(s): Gr # 5133

National Geographic Society(s): Grant #4313-90

Source Collections

A subset of Banda Research Project photos are digitally available through the University of Victoria Libraries "Banda Through Time" repository and web exhibit: https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/iaff

Resources Inside this Project (Viewing 1-22 of 22)

  • Documents (22)

Documents

  1. Banda 13, 2009 Field Notes (2009)
  2. Banda Research Project, 1982-2011: Background to the Project (2021)
  3. Bui Kataa, 2008 Field Notes (2008)
  4. Final Report on National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0751350, "Genealogies of Practice & Global Entanglements in Banda, Ghana, AD 1000-1900." (2012)
  5. Final Report on National Science Foundation Grant SBR 9410726, "The Political Economy of Banda, Ghana, 1700-1925." (1998)
  6. Final Report on National Science Foundation Grant SBR-9911690, "A Regional Perspective on the Archaeology of Global Encounters, Banda, Ghana, AD 1300-1825." (2003)
  7. Funding proposal, National Geographic Society, "The Protohistoric Archaeology of Makala Kataa, Banda, Ghana." (1989)
  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)