Since 2014, my research has focused on Christiansborg Castle, a 17th-century former trading post, Danish and British colonial seat of government and Office of the President of the Republic of Ghana. Christiansborg Castle is a United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. Today, it is locally known as simply ‘The Castle’. This is the first archaeological excavation at Christiansborg Castle. Work was conducted under the guise of the Christiansborg Archaeological Heritage Project (CAHP) (www.christiansborgarchaeologicalheritageproject.org) (Fig. 1). This brief preliminary report directs close attention to locally manufactured pottery. Certainly, European colonial written accounts document local manufacture and trade, but they rarely provide detailed descriptions and illustrations of locally manufactured pottery. This note examines the criteria necessary for developing a locally manufactured pottery typology classification for the Christiansborg Castle site. As materially distinct deposits, locally manufactured pottery is the most abundant dataset found at the site. In the past, pottery was commonly employed for a number of purposes and within reach of most households economically. Pottery is a durable material and, though it fractures and breaks into sherds, it does not disintegrate. Since pottery fragments retain their material form, they can be studied. Archaeological analysis is still ongoing, yet some preliminary observations can still be made. BredwaMensah has proposed a typological sequence for local pottery ceramics from Frederiksgave, a Danish plantation site nearby in the Akwapim Hills. Once a detailed study is complete, it will be possible to ascertain whether Bredwah-Mensah’s typology is appropriate for this study. Clearly, this topic finds resonance with existing archaeological scholarship in the region.

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加纳阿克拉奥苏克里斯蒂安堡城堡当地制造陶器的初步报告

自 2014 年以来，我的研究重点是克里斯蒂安堡城堡，这是一座 17 世纪的前贸易站、丹麦和英国殖民政府所在地以及加纳共和国总统办公室。克里斯蒂安堡城堡是联合国教育、科学、文化组织 (UNESCO) 的世界遗产。今天，它在当地被简单地称为“城堡”。这是克里斯蒂安堡城堡的第一次考古发掘。工作是在克里斯蒂安堡考古遗产项目 (CAHP) (www.christiansborgarchaeologicalheritageproject.org) 的名义下进行的（图 1）。这份简短的初步报告密切关注当地制造的陶器。当然，欧洲殖民地的书面记录记录了当地的制造和贸易，但他们很少提供当地制造的陶器的详细描述和插图。本说明检查了为克里斯蒂安堡城堡遗址开发本地制造的陶器类型分类所需的标准。作为物质上不同的沉积物，当地制造的陶器是该地点发现的最丰富的数据集。过去，陶器通常用于多种用途，并且在大多数家庭经济上都可以使用。陶器是一种耐用的材料，虽然它会破裂并碎成碎片，但它不会分解。由于陶器碎片保留了它们的材料形式，因此可以对其进行研究。考古分析仍在进行中，但仍可以进行一些初步观察。BredwaMensah 为 Frederiksgave 的当地陶器提出了一个类型序列，Akwapim 山附近的丹麦种植园。一旦完成详细的研究，就有可能确定 Bredwah-Mensah 的类型学是否适合这项研究。显然，这个主题与该地区现有的考古学研究产生了共鸣。