Wodoku: An Archaeology of an Early Nungua Settlement (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780557003792)

Excavations at Wodoku, the ancestral home of the Nungua people of Accra, have produced pottery, a piece of terracotta figurine, grinding stones, glass beads, iron slag, animal bones and shells of molluscs. Earlier researchers have regarded the site as a seventeenth century phenomenon, but a piece of a sixteenth century Martinkamp-type flask from Northern France found in the excavations suggests that the site was founded in the sixteenth century if not earlier. The author discusses the implications of the locally-manufactured pottery, particularly as they relate to Ga-Dangme origins and cultural influences resulting from European contact with the people on the Accra coast, while the zooarchaeological finds throw light on the subsistence practices of the site's inhabitants.

Author: J. Boachie-Ansah
ISBN-10: 0557003792
ISBN-13: 9780557003792
Publisher: Lulu Press
Language: English
Published: 05/14/2008
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d