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African iron working, ancient and traditional
- Title
- African iron working, ancient and traditional / edited by Randi Haaland and Peter Shinnie.
- Publication
- Oslo : Norwegian University Press ; New York : Distributed world-wide excluding Scandinavia by Oxford University Press, ©1985.
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- Description
- 208 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Iron working has a long and rich history in Africa--it was decisive for the development of many African cultures and states, and its study is now yielding results of great significance. This book, a collection of articles by archaeologists and enthnographers from the USA, Africa, and Europe, explores the development of the iron working processes, the reasons for local variation, the role of iron workers in ancient and modern societies, and the way in which iron production changed society."
- Subject
- Iron age > Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Iron-works > Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Iron age > Africa
- Iron-works > Africa > History
- Manners and customs
- Antiquities
- Iron age
- Iron-works
- Eisenherstellung
- Eisenverarbeitung
- Geschichte
- Aufsatzsammlung
- Metaalbewerking
- IJzer
- Âge du fer > Afrique noire
- Métallurgie > Afrique noire
- Africa, Sub-Saharan > Antiquities
- Africa > Antiquities
- Africa > Social life and customs
- Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Afrika
- Afrique subsaharienne > Antiquités
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 197-[209].
- Contents
- The initial diffusion of iron to Africa / Francois J. Kense -- Iron working at Meroe / Peter Shinnie -- Iron working in the old kingdom of Mali / W. Filipowiak -- Iron production : its socio-cultural context and ecological implications / Randi Haaland -- The smith's myth and the origin of leadership in Central Africa / Pierre de Maret -- Iron production by the Dimi of Ethiopia / Judith A. Todd -- Ancient and modern iron smelting in Central Africa / Francis van Noten -- Experimental iron smelting / S. Terry Childs & Peter R. Schmidt -- Furnace design and the smelting operation / L.M. Pole -- Temporal and spatial variability in African iron furnaces / J.E.G. Sutton.
- ISBN
- 8200072924
- 9788200072928
- LCCN
- 86207289
- OCLC
- ocm15289235
- 15289235
- SCSB-649004
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library