Book
The Kintampo culture: subsistence and settlement in Ghana during the mid-second millenium B.C.
UMI • Ann Arbor, Mich. • Published In 2015 • Pages:
By: Stahl, Ann Brower.
Abstract
This Ph.D. dissertation details archaeological survey and excavation in west-central Ghana. Thirty-six Kintampo Neolithic to Iron Age sites were found. The study mainly centers on the excavations and findings at the K6 rockshelter, occupation of which extended from the Late Stone Age Punpun phase through the Kintampo Neolithic and into the Iron Age. The site includes some evidence of shelter construction, ceramics, and early goats.
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Sarah Berry; 2021
- Field Date
- 1982
- Coverage Date
- 6400-2000
- Coverage Place
- Bono, Bono East and Ahafo regions, Ghana
- Notes
- by Ann Brower Stahl
- UM 8525127
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-307)
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of California, Berkeley, 1985
- LCSH
- West African Neolithic