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Mumute and Bonoase: two sites of the Kintampo industry
Sankofa • 2 • Published In 1976 • Pages: 64-71
By: Dombrowski, J. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author describes the excavations and findings at Mumute and Bonoase. In addition to the usual Kintampo artifacts, there were also structures, storage pits, wells, and a pottery figurine fragment. No projectile points were found at Mumute.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Post depositional processes in archaeological sites
- Food preparation
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Dwellings
- Settlement patterns
- Paint and dye manufacture
- General tools
- Visual arts
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Neolithic
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2021
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1972-1974
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 3500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Mumute and Bonoase, Bono region, Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- J. C. Dombrowski
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 71)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76643587
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Neolithic