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Benjamin Kankpeyeng

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor of Archaeology and Heritage Studies Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF ARTS
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND HERITAGE STUDIES
AnthropologyHeritage Studiesritual and religionpublic archaeologyculture contact
Publications

45

Citations

574

H-index

14

i10-index

16

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
12.8
Most cited paper
109
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2022
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 02:55
Publications

45 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Ghana's vanishing past: Development, antiquities, and the destruction of the archaeological record
BW Kankpeyeng, CR DeCorse
2004 African Archaeological Review 21 (2), 89-128, 2004 Humanities 109
The slave trade in northern Ghana: landmarks, legacies and connections
BW Kankpeyeng
2009 Slavery and Abolition 30 (2), 209-221, 2009 Humanities 59
Indigenous cosmology, art forms and past medicinal practices: Towards an interpretation of ancient Koma Land sites in northern Ghana
BW Kankpeyeng, SN Nkumbaan, T Insoll
2011 Anthropology & Medicine 18 (2), 205-216, 2011 Humanities 43
The archaeology of shrines among the Tallensi of northern Ghana: Materiality and interpretative relevance
TK Insoll
2009 Shrines in Africa, 41-70, 2009 Humanities 27
Fragmentary ancestors? Medicine, bodies, and personhood in a Koma mound, northern Ghana
T Insoll, BW Kankpeyeng, SN Nkumbaan
2012 Archaeology of spiritualities, 25-45, 2012 Humanities 26
Ancient shrines? New insights on the Komaland sites of northern Ghana
BW Kankpeyeng, SN Nkumbaan
2009 Crossroads/Carrefour Sahel: Cultural and Technological Developments in First …, 2009 Humanities 24
The cultural landscape of Tongo-Tengzuk: Traditional conservation practices
BW Kankpeyeng
2009 ICCROM Conservation Studies 2, 2009 Natural Sciences 22
Rethinking the stone circles of Komaland. A preliminary report on the 2007/2008 fieldwork at Yikpabongo, Northern Region, Ghana
BW Kankpeyeng, SN Nkumbaan
2008 Current archaeological research in Ghana, 95-102, 2008 Humanities 22
Insights into past ritual practice at Yikpabongo, northern region, Ghana
B Kankpeyeng, N Swanepoel, T Insoll, S Nkumbaan, S Amartey, M Saako
2013 African archaeological review 30 (4), 475-499, 2013 Humanities 21
Temporalising anthropology: archaeology in the Talensi Tong Hills, northern Ghana
T Insoll, R MacLean, B Kankpeyeng
2013 Africa Magna Verlag, 2013 Humanities 20
The tension between communities, development, and archaeological heritage preservation: The case study of Tengzug cultural landscape, Ghana
BW Kankpeyeng, T Insoll, R MacLean
2009 Heritage Management 2 (2), 177-197, 2009 Humanities 18
Excavations and Surveys in the Tongo Hills, Upper East Region, Ghana. July 2005. Fieldwork Report
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, R MacLean
2005 Nyame akuma 64, 16-23, 2005 Humanities 17
An archaeological reconnaissance in the Tong Hills and Garu Area, Upper East Region and Nakpanduri, Northern Region, Ghana
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, R MacLean
2004 Nyame akuma, 25-33, 2004 Humanities 14
The archaeology of Kpaliworgu: A case study of culture continuity and change in Northern Ghana before 1900
BW Kankpeyeng
2003 Syracuse University, 2003 Humanities 14
Excavations and surveys in the Tongo Hills, Upper East Region, and Birifor, Upper West Region, Ghana. March–April 2008. A preliminary fieldwork report
T Insoll, R MacLean, B Kankpeyeng
2008 Nyame akuma 69, 11-22, 2008 Humanities 13
Archaeological resources management in Ghana
BW Kankpeyeng
1996 Syracuse University, 1996 Social Sciences 10
Internal meanings: Computed tomography scanning of Koma figurines from Ghana
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, S Fraser
2016 african arts 49 (4), 24-33, 2016 Humanities 9
Shrines, Rituals, and Archaeology in Northern Ghana
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, R MacLean
2007 Current World Archaeology 26, 2007 Humanities 9
Current perspectives in the archaeology of Ghana
J Anquandah, B Kankpeyeng
2015 Sub-Saharan Publishers, 2015 Humanities 8
Fragmentary Ancestors. Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana.(Exhibition Catalogue)
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, S Nkumbaan, M Saako
2013 Manchester Museum, 2013 Humanities 8
Excavations and surveys in the Tongo Hills, upper East region, Ghana. July 2006. A preliminary fieldwork report
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, R MacLean
2007 Nyame Akuma 67, 44-59, 2007 Humanities 8
In vitro antibacterial activities of selected TB drugs in the presence of clay minerals against multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis
PK Arthur, V Amarh, EJS Blessie, R Yeboah, BW Kankpeyeng, ...
2020 Cogent Engineering 7 (1), 1742853, 2020 Humanities 7
Ritual complexity in a past community revealed by ancient DNA analysis of pre-colonial terracotta items from Northern Ghana
HA Robinson, T Insoll, BW Kankpeyeng, KA Brown, TA Brown
2017 Journal of Archaeological Science 79, 10-18, 2017 Humanities 7
Archaeology of Ghana: An introduction
J Anquandah, B Kankpeyeng, W Apoh
2014 Current perspectives in the archaeology of Ghana, 1-17, 2014 Humanities 7
As above, so below”: ritual and commemoration in African American archaeological contexts in the northern United States
CJ LaRoche
2014 Materialities of ritual in the Black Atlantic, 296-316, 2014 Humanities 7