Kpando, Volta Region, Ghana. Archaeology and ›Shared Heritage‹ of German Colonialism in Former Togoland. Research in 2022 and 2023

https://doi.org/10.34780/06b8-361b

Autores/as

  • Cornelia Kleinitz [Autor/a] KAAK, German Archaeological Institute, Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3090-1881
  • Wazi Apoh [Autor/a] University of Ghana
  • Ernest K. Fiador [Autor/a] University of Ghana
  • Dietmar Kurapkat [Autor/a] Regensburg University of Applied Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6190-8299
  • Jörg Linstädter [Autor/a] KAAK, German Archaeological Institute, Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7931-3178
  • Kathrin Loges [Autor/a] KAAK, German Archaeological Institute, Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures
  • Ute Verstegen [Autor/a] University of Erlangen-Nuremberg https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6577-5144
  • Annika Zeitler [Autor/a] Regensburg University of Applied Sciences

Resumen

A cooperative project focusing on the archaeology and ›shared heritage‹ of German colonialism in the former Togoland colony brings together capacities from Ghanaian and German partners in the fields of archaeology, history, ethnography, architecture/building archaeology and surveying/cartography. The project aims to document, research, preserve, and present built heritage from the German colonial period in close consultation and cooperation with local authorities and communities. Building on extensive archaeological research on German missionisation and colonisation of Togoland led by Wazi Apoh and students over the past 20 years, the project partners initially focus on archival and building archaeological research, including damage assessments and restoration/rehabilitation planning in addition to (GIS-)mapping. This report outlines preliminary results from preparatory research in 2022 and a first field season in the Volta Region of Ghana in early 2023, and it highlights possible avenues for further work.

Palabras clave:

colonialism, Modern age, architecture, Building research, Building archaeology, building material, building technique, African archaeology, Christian archaeology, Modern-World archaeology

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Publicado

2023-12-23

Número

Faszikel 2 (2023)

Sección

Artikel

Información bibliográfica y reseñas

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Cómo citar

Kleinitz, C., Apoh, W., Fiador, E.K., Kurapkat, D., Linstädter, J., Loges, K., Verstegen, U. and Zeitler, A. (2023) “Kpando, Volta Region, Ghana. Archaeology and ›Shared Heritage‹ of German Colonialism in Former Togoland. Research in 2022 and 2023”, e-Forschungsberichte des DAI, pp. 1–26 (§). doi:10.34780/06b8-361b.