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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
Novel Nanocrystal Clay Materials with Potential Bone Cells Growth Enhancement or Inhibition Characteristics In Vitro
EK Tiburu, BW Kankpeyeng, SN Nkumbaan, A Salifu, JQ Zhuang
2017 Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering 30, 45-60, 2017 Humanities 6
INSIGHTS INTO PAST RITUAL POSTURE AND PERFORMANCE
T Insoll, BW Kankpeyeng
2014 Materialities of Ritual in the Black Atlantic, 28, 2014 Humanities 6
The Iron Age Ceramics from the Tong Hills, Northern Ghana. Sequence and Comparative Perspective
T Insoll, R MacLean, C Ashley, BW Kankpeyeng
2011 Journal of African Archaeology 9 (1), 15-39, 2011 Humanities 6
The archaeology of rituals and religions in northern Ghana
T Insoll, BW Kankpeyeng
2014 Current Perspectives in the Archaeology, 2014 Humanities 5
Fragmentary ancestors
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, S Nkumbaan, M Saako
2013 Figurines from Koma Land, Ghana.(Exhibition Catalogue), 2013 Humanities 5
The archaeology of Kpaliworgu: A case study of continuity and change in northern Ghana before 1900
BW Kankpeyeng
2003 PhD Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, Syracuse University, 2003 Humanities 5
A brief on Tongo-Tengzuk
BW Kankpeyeng
2000 Unpublished paper submitted to the Bolgatanga District Assembly, 2000 Humanities 5
Identities and Archaeological Heritage Preservation at the Crossroads: Understanding the Challenges of Economic Development at Tengzug, Upper East Region, Ghana
BW Kankpeyeng, T Insoll, R MacLean
2010 Ghana social science journal 7, 87, 2010 Humanities 3
Fieldwork at Kpaliworgu, northern Ghana: 1997 to 1999
BW KANKPEYENG
2004 Nyame akuma, 34-41, 2004 Humanities 2
Materialities of Ritual in the Black Atlantic
CJ LaRoche, H Blouet, S Richey, HB Matternes, CC Fennell, G Gunaker, ...
2014 Indiana University Press, 2014 Humanities 1
Archaeology in Komaland and the Koma figurines
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng
2010 The 153 Club Newsletter, 9-12, 2010 Humanities 1
Characterisation of clay figurines from Koma Land of Ghana
CK Nuviadenu, JB Tandoh, H Ahiamadjie, B Kankpeyeng, A Forson, ...
2022 IAEA Workshop on Innovative Approaches of Accelerator Science and Technology …, 2022 Humanities 0
Appendix 8.1. The identified faunal and human remains
V Linseele, T Insoll, R MacLean, B Kankpeyeng
2013 Africa Magna Verlag; Frankfurt-am-Main, 2013 Humanities 0
lipid biomarkers characterisation, x-Ray Fluorescence and X-Ray diffraction Analysis of Medicine Clay Samples
B Van Dongen, S Fraser, T Insoll, R MacLean, B Kankpeyeng
2013 Temporalising Anthropology: Archaeology in the Talensi Tong Hills, Northern …, 2013 Humanities 0
Organic Geochemical Analysis of Archaeologogical and Contemporary Medicine Pots
S Fraser, B Van Dongen, A Thompson, T Insoll, R MacLean, ...
2013 Temporalising Anthropology: Archaeology in the Talensi Tong Hills, Northern …, 2013 Humanities 0
The cultural landscape of Tongo-Tenzuk, Ghana
BW Kankpeyeng
2009 Traditional conservation practices in Africa, 16-23, 2009 Humanities 0
Shrines, rituals and archaeology: archaeology of the Tallensi, Northern Ghana
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng, R Mac-Lean
2008 Current world archaeology 3 (26), 29-36, 2008 Humanities 0
In vitro antibacterial activities of selected TB drugs in the presence of clay minerals against multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis
EJS Blessie, V Amarh, SN Nkumbaan, PK Arthur, EK Tiburu, ...
1900 Cogent Engineering, 0 Humanities 0
Robinson, HA, INSOLL, T., Kankpeyeng, B., Brown, KA, and Brown, TA 2017. Ritual Complexity in a Past Community Revealed by Ancient DNA Analysis of Pre-Colonial Terracotta Items …
T Insoll, B Kankpeyeng
1900 — Humanities 0
TIMOTHY INSOLL (UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER), BENJAMIN KANKPEYENG (UNIVERSITY OF GHANA, LEGON), AND RACHEL MACLEAN (UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER)
B KANKPEYENG
1900 University of Calgary Press, 41, 0 Humanities 0