Innovation, diffusion, and culture contact: The holocene archaeology of Ghana

Stahl, Ann B.

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“…500 BCE) has been unevenly distributed, with the vast majority investigating the northern sahel environments and the floodplains surrounding the Niger river itself Insoll, 1996Insoll, , 2000Magnavita et al, 2002;Magnavita, 2009;McIntosh, 1995). Further south in the savannas of Burkina Faso and northern Ghana, few 1st millennium CE and early 2nd millennium CE sites have been excavated, and systematic faunal analyses rare (Dueppen, 2008;Insoll, 2008;Shinnie and Kense, 1989;Stahl, 1994). However, several Ghanaian sites contain cattle remains in post 1200 CE contexts (Gautier and Van Neer, 2005).…”

Section: Cattle In Prehistoric Central West Africamentioning

confidence: 96%

Cattle in the West African savanna: evidence from 1st millennium CE Kirikongo, Burkina Faso

Dueppen

2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Section: Cattle In Prehistoric Central West Africamentioning

confidence: 96%

Cattle in the West African savanna: evidence from 1st millennium CE Kirikongo, Burkina Faso

Dueppen

2012

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…For some crafts, the scale of production was considerable; iron working was practiced on a large enough scale to suggest potential degradation of nearby forests (Goucher ). With the exception of tobacco pipes, European trade goods appear only rarely at all of these sites (Stahl ). Banda was no exception; although smaller than neighboring Begho or Bono Manso, several large villages, including Kuulo Kataa and Ngre Kataa, dominated the landscape during the Kuulo Phase (cal.…”

Section: Banda's Political Economic Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another American crop, tobacco, was also quickly adopted in Banda and elsewhere in the region, as evidenced by the spread of smoking pipes (Stahl , ). A small number of tobacco seeds were also found in Kuulo phase contexts ( n = 7).…”

Section: Tracing Food Security In Banda Ghana 1450–2009 Cementioning

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“Why Can't People Feed Themselves?”: Archaeology as Alternative Archive of Food Security in Banda, Ghana

Logan

2016

American Anthropologist

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Today, food insecurity is associated with both severe climatic shifts and pervasive poverty. What is less well understood is how the problem of hunger came to take its present-day form, especially in the African continent, where the highest prevalence of undernourishment is found. In this article, I propose that archaeology can be used as an alternative archive of food security. Material remains provide a from-the-hearth-up view of changing foodways and political economy and can be used to trace the shape of processes that led to modern-day patterns of food insecurity. Combining archaeobotanical, ethnoarchaeological, and environmental data, I provide a case study that shows how food insecurity was avoided during a centuries-long drought in Banda, Ghana, and emerged only much later, in the 19th and 20th centuries, as market economies and colonial rule took hold. I suggest that archaeology is essential for making such processes of "slow violence" visible, particularly in areas that lack rich historical archives.[Africa, food security, Ghana, archaeobotany, slow violence] RESUMEN Hoy, la inseguridad alimentaria está asociada tanto con cambios climáticos severos como con pobreza extrema. Lo que es menos entendido es cómo el problema del hambre llegó a tomar su forma presente, especialmente en el continente africano, donde se encuentra la prevalencia más alta de desnutrición. En este artículo propongo que la arqueología puede ser usada como un archivo alternativo de la seguridad alimentaria. Restos materiales proveen una vista desde el foso del fuego de las formas de alimentarse cambiantes y la economía política, y pueden ser usados para rastrear el tipo de procesos que llevaron a los patrones de hoy de la inseguridad alimentaria.Combinando datos arqueo-botánicos, etno-arqueológicos, y ambientales, presento un estudio de caso que muestra cómo se evitó la inseguridad alimentaria durante una sequía de siglos en Banda, Ghana, y emergió sólo mucho más tarde, en los siglos XIX y XX, en la medida que las economías de mercado y el régimen colonial se establecieron.Sugiero que la arqueología es esencial para hacer visibles tales procesos de "violencia lenta", particularmente eń areas en las que faltan archivos históricos valiosos. [África, seguridad alimentaria, Ghana, arqueo-botánica, violencia lenta] RÉSUMÉ Aujourd'hui, l'insécurité alimentaire est associée et aux changements climatiques sévères età la pauvreté invasive. Ce qui est moins bien compris est la manière dont le problème de la faim en est arrivéà sa forme actuelle, surtout sur le continent africain, où se trouve la plus grande concentration de sous-alimentation. Dans cet article, je propose qu'on aborde l'archéologie en tant qu'archive alternative de la sécurité alimentaire. Les vestiges matériels fournissent une vue générale des processus alimentaires et de l'économie-politique de la perspective du foyer de la cheminée. Ils nous permettent de retracer les processus qui ont mené aux modèles modernes de l'insécurité alimentaire. En combinant les données arché...

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“…Por otra parte, excepto la certeza de una temprana utilización de Elaeis guineensis, no existe ninguna evidencia de domesticación de plantas y animales en África Central (Eggert, 1993:302). Debido a estos factores, T. Shaw (1978-79) recomienda abandonar el término de Neolítico y algunos investigadores (Mclntosh y Mclntosh, 1983Eggert, 1993;Stahl, 1994) han optado por denominar estos yacimientos bajo el término de Late Stone Age cerámica, los cuales pueden estar o no asociados a evidencia agrícola.…”

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La secuencia arqueológica en el cinturón forestal centroafricano

Martí¹

1999

ETFI

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Este trabajo presenta una revisión de la evidencia arqueológica en el cinturón forestal de África Central desde el Pleistoceno Final al Holoceno reciente. El avance generado por la investigación en África en las últimas décadas ha mostrado una mayor complejidad y variabilidad en el patrón de cambio tecnológico de lo que en un principio se estableció. Estos patrones además, difieren en gran medida de los observados en el registro europeo.This paper explores from the Late Pleistocene to the Late Holocene archaeological record of Central África. The advance provided in África by the research during the last decades has shown a more complexity and variabllity in the technological chango pattern than earlier believed. These patterns are quite different from the European record.

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Innovation, diffusion, and culture contact: The holocene archaeology of Ghana

Cited by 47 publications

References 42 publications

Cattle in the West African savanna: evidence from 1st millennium CE Kirikongo, Burkina Faso

Cattle in the West African savanna: evidence from 1st millennium CE Kirikongo, Burkina Faso

“Why Can't People Feed Themselves?”: Archaeology as Alternative Archive of Food Security in Banda, Ghana

La secuencia arqueológica en el cinturón forestal centroafricano

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