Ntereso & Birimi (Ghana) – Kintampo Complex Villages
Ntereso · Birimi · Kintampo Complex · Birimi Site
Later Stone Age Kintampo·Kintampo culture·🇬🇭 Northern Region, Gambaga Escarpment, White Volta headwaters, Ghana
About
About Ntereso & Birimi (Ghana) – Kintampo Complex Villages
Kintampo culture villages (2100–1400 BCE) with figurative terracotta 'cigars', ground stone axes and pioneering pearl millet + cowpea cultivation evidence (earliest in Ghana). Daimond architecture: wattle-daub with stone foundations. Forest-savanna mosaic pioneers.
Why it mattersSignificant regional centre illustrating cultural transition.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology refinement
- 02Function of enclosures
Theories
- 01Trade corridor model
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- 2100–1400 BCE Kintampo Phase Punpun/Birimi
- Period
- Later Stone Age Kintampo
- Culture
- Kintampo culture
- Purpose
- Regional centre / fortified town and trade node
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
2100–1400 BCE Kintampo Phase Punpun/Birimi
Initial construction
c. 1476 CE
Major expansion
On the ground
Structures & features
10.3500° N · 0.4500° W · 260 m · 2 mapped features
Birimi Stone Foundation Terrace
foundationCurved stone foundations 25 m diameter
10.3503° N · 0.4497° WNtereso Grindstone Mound
moundMound 1.5 m with grindstones and cigar figurines
10.3497° N · 0.4503° W