A forest town 1 km west of Old Edubiase, about 30 km south of Kumasi, remembered as the first seat of Adanse.
Excavated by Vivian and the Shinnies in 1991-1995: first occupied in the ninth or tenth century, main occupation between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries by radiocarbon, abandoned by the late sixteenth. Its central area covers more than 11 hectares with long earthen mounds; finds include gold weights, crucibles and iron slag, probably from its later centuries. On 1 January 1200 a village on the eve of its growth.
Who holds it
- Title
- Not known
- Since
- Not known
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
No lord known.
How things stand that morning
A village or small town under its own heads.
Communities
Forest Akan.
Walls and castle
See summary.
Trade and crafts
Farming, iron and metal working; gold working attested in its later phase.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Excavated and radiocarbon-dated.
Sources and studies
- Adansemanso (Wikipedia, on the excavations of B. Vivian, P. Shinnie and A. Shinnie, 1991-1995)
- Akan people (Wikipedia, citing Shinnie 2005, Ofosu-Mensah 2010, Boaten 1971, Konadu and Campbell 2016, Shumway 2011)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.