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Ritual complexity in a past community revealed by ancient DNA analysis of pre-colonial terracotta items from Northern Ghana

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Published in 2017 at "Journal of Archaeological Science"

DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.01.005

Abstract: Abstract The pre-colonial 6th–14th century terracotta forms of Koma Land, Northern Ghana, contain cavities which may have been intended to hold liquids. These have been linked to traditional African libation, but the specific nature of… read more here.

Keywords: dna; pre colonial; ancient dna; northern ghana ... See more keywords