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Intensification in the West African Late Stone Age: a view from central Ghana
archaeology of africa: food, metals and towns • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 261-273
By: Stahl, Ann Brower.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this document, preceramic and ceramic Late Stone Age sites throughout West Africa are compared to Kintampo Neolithic sites in order to understand the range of economic changes that occurred during the adoption of food production. The author focuses on settlement pattern, ceramics, food production, and exotic material procurement.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Sociocultural trends
- Annual cycle
- Diet
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Settlement patterns
- Internal trade
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 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
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6000-2000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- West Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ann Brower Stahl
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92013921
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Neolithic