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Reinvestigation of Kintampo 6 rock shelter, Ghana: implications for the nature of culture change
African archaeological review • 3 • Published In 1985 • Pages: 117-150
By: Stahl, Ann Brower.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document provides a summary of the author’s dissertation, focusing on what changed at the site and why between the Late Stone Age Punpun phase and the Kintampo Neolithic. The findings are considered in the wider context of central Ghana.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Fauna
- Flora
- Sociocultural trends
- Diet
- Ceramic technology
- Lithic industries
- Cultural stratigraphy
- Archaeological inventories
- 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
- 1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 6400-3445 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- K6 rockshelter, Kintampo South, Bono East, Ghana
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ann Brower Stahl
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-150)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84650500
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- West African Neolithic