Temporalising Anthropology: Archaeology in the Talensi Tong Hills, Northern GhanaAfrica Magna Verlag, 2013 - 270 Seiten This volume contains the results of significant fieldwork completed in the Tong Hills of Northern Ghana, an area currently inhabited by the Talensi ethno-linguistic group. Although made anthropologically renowned by the anthropologist Meyer Fortes, the archaeology and material culture of the Talensi Tong Hills had largely been neglected until the research initiated by the authors. Extensive archaeological surveys and excavations were completed allied with ethnoarchaeological and ethnobotanical research on shrines, sacrifice, and indigenous medicine. The data is presented and described, and a settlement chronology for the region reconstructed. The results of the geological, organic geochemical, petrographic, and archaeometallurgical analysis are provided. The function of shrines and the meaning of 'shrine' as a concept are evaluated, and indigenous medicinal practices, their links with shrines, and their substances, materiality, and archaeological implications assessed with reference to the primary empirical material gathered. Ritual, performance, and its inter-relation with the past and the archaeological record are also considered so as to question the 'timelessness' of previous anthropological presentations. The Tong Hills are also discussed with reference to their place in the wider history and archaeology of the region. This book will be useful to anyone interested in the archaeology and anthropology of African indigenous religions and ritual practices, as well as those interested in West African history, and the relationship between archaeology and anthropology. |
Inhalt
Foreword and Acknowledgements | 11 |
History | 18 |
The Structure of this Book | 24 |
Discussion | 48 |
THE SURVEY SHRINEs | 54 |
Other Shrines | 69 |
Archaeological Visibility and Comparative Perspectives | 77 |
THE EXCAVATIONS | 92 |
Sacrifice Use and Disposal | 180 |
Conclusions The Implications of Talensi Animal Sacrifice for the Archaeological Record | 186 |
Defining Talensi Medicinal Practices | 198 |
Conclusions Rethinking Medicine and Healing in Archaeological Contexts | 208 |
Ritual Procedures and Archaeological Research | 214 |
CONCLUSIONS TEMPORALISING ANTHROPOLOGY | 217 |
1 by Sharon Fraser Kevin Gibbs | 227 |
1 by Maria Kostoglou | 233 |
THE POTTERY | 120 |
Metal Working Debris | 142 |
LITHIC AND oTHER NoNMETAL SMALL FINDs | 149 |
Grinding and Pounding Stones | 157 |
Clay Ritual Object | 164 |
FAUNAL REMAINs SACRIFICE AND DIvINATIoN | 171 |
1 by Veerle Linseele | 239 |
3 by Sharon Fraser Bart E van Dongen Anu Thompson Timothy lnsoll | 247 |
1 by Elizabeth Cooper | 253 |
References | 261 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ABBIW ALLMAN & PARKER ancestors archaeological associated boarbii Boardaam Bolgatanga Bonaab Bonchiig section boulders calabash Cave ceramics Chapter comm compound context cowry cup marks Dakore decoration defined deposits depth described Earth shrine excavation EYIFA field filled finds first flakes Flared mouth bowl formed FoRTEs fowl Frafra fragments Goldaan Golib festival grey schist grinding hollows heritage identified Incised indicated INsoLL iron bracelet iron point KANKPEYENG Kpataar section Kusanaab Kusasi linked material medicine clay mound n-alkanoic acids northern Ghana NYOO 06 Nyoo shrine ochre outcrop plant potsherds pottery quartz recorded Recumbent Dark schist ritual rock shelter sacrifice Sakpee samples Santeng shea butter sherds significant slag smelting specific standing stones surface Talensi Tambiha Tambog section Tengdaana Tengzug tion Tong Hills Tongnaab Yaane TONN 08 Touwang tree unidentified unspecified Upper East Region White Volta Yaab Yaane shrine Yes Protect culture Yiran Zandoya