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ID: 7059199
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7059199
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Begho (deserted settlement)  Begho (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 08 15 57 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 8.2667  decimal degrees
Long: 002 06 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.1000  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient trade site located just south of the Black Volta, at a transitional zone between savanna and forest. Was one of the largest towns in the southern West Africa prior to Portuguese arrival in 1471. Noted for walled structures dating 1350-1750 CE, pottery, and evidence of iron smelting.

Names:
Begho (preferred,C,V,LC,S)
Nsoko (C,V)
Bitou (C,V,Hausa,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Ghana (nation)  ........  Ghana (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Savannah (region (administrative division))  ............  Savannah (region (administrative division)) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Begho (deserted settlement)  ................  Begho (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)
inhabited place (H)  ............  11th century - 18th century
commercial center (H)
pre-colonial (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Begho..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Library of Congress Name Authority File 97028635, accessed 29 July 2010
Bitou..........  [VP]
..............  Konadu, Akan Diaspora (2010) 50
Nsoko..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopedia of African History (2005) "Akan States"; accessed 29 July 2010
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia of African History (2005) "Akan States"; accessed 29 July 2010
..................  Konadu, Akan Diaspora (2010) 50
..................  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (2002) 112
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)

 

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