A Historical Perspective On Metallurgy In Africa

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A Historical Perspective On Metallurgy In Africa

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Author : Dennis Spande
language : en
Publisher: African Studies Association
Release Date : 1977

A Historical Perspective On Metallurgy In Africa written by Dennis Spande and has been published by African Studies Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Technology & Engineering categories.

Metals In Past Societies

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Author : Shadreck Chirikure
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-03-18

Metals In Past Societies written by Shadreck Chirikure and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-18 with Social Science categories.

This book seeks to communicate to both a global and local audience, the key attributes of pre-industrial African metallurgy such as technological variation across space and time, methods of mining and extractive metallurgy and the fabrication of metal objects. These processes were transformative in a physical and metaphoric sense, which made them total social facts. Because the production and use of metals was an accretion of various categories of practice, a chaine operatoire conceptual and theoretical framework that simultaneously considers the embedded technological and anthropological factors was used. The book focuses on Africa’s different regions as roughly defined by cultural geography. On the one hand there is North Africa, Egypt, the Egyptian Sudan, and the Horn of Africa which share cultural inheritances with the Middle East and on the other is Africa south of the Sahara and the Sudan which despite interacting with the former is remarkably different in terms of technological practice. For example, not only is the timing of metallurgy different but so is the infrastructure for working metals and the associated symbolic and sociological factors. The cultural valuation of metals and the social positions of metal workers were different too although there is evidence of some values transfer and multi-directional technological cross borrowing. The multitude of permutations associated with metals production and use amply demonstrates that metals participated in the production and reproduction of society. Despite huge temporal and spatial differences there are so many common factors between African metallurgy and that of other regions of the world. For example, the role of magic and ritual in metal working is almost universal be it in Bolivia, Nepal, Malawi, Timna, Togo or Zimbabwe. Similarly, techniques of mining were constrained by the underlying geology but this should not in any way suggest that Africa’s metallurgy was derivative or that the continent had no initiative. Rather it demonstrates that when confronted with similar challenges, humanity in different regions of the world responded to identical challenges in predictable ways mediated as mediated by the prevailing cultural context. The success of the use of historical and ethnographic data in understanding variation and improvisation in African metallurgical practices flags the potential utility of these sources in Asia, Latin America and Europe. Some nuance is however needed because it is simply naïve to assume that everything depicted in the history or ethnography has a parallel in the past and vice versa. Rather, the confluence of archaeology, history and ethnography becomes a pedestal for dialogue between different sources, subjects and ideas that is important for broadening our knowledge of global categories of metallurgical practice.

Ancient African Metallurgy

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Author : Michael S. Bisson
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2000

Ancient African Metallurgy written by Michael S. Bisson and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.

Gold. Copper. Iron. Metal working in Africa has been the subject of both popular lore and extensive archaeological investigation. In this volume, four leading archaeologists attempt to provide a complete synthesis of current debates and understandings: When, how and where was metal first introduced to the continent? How were iron and copper tools, implements, and objects used in everyday life, in trade, in political and cultural contexts? What role did metals play in the ideological systems of precolonial African peoples? Substantive chapters address the origins of African metal working and analyze the specific uses, technology, and ideology of both copper and iron. An ethnoarchaeological account in the words of a contemporary iron worker enriches the archaeological explanations. The volume will be of great value to scholars and students of archaeology, African history, and the history of technology.

The Culture And Technology Of African Iron Production

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Author : Peter Ridgway Schmidt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

The Culture And Technology Of African Iron Production written by Peter Ridgway Schmidt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with History categories.

Archaeological and ethnographic investigations in western Tanzania in the 1970s revealed remarkable evidence for a complex and highly advanced iron technology that existed there several thousand years ago. Still, Western scientific and historical practice continues to obscure the history of iron technology and its accomplishments in Africa. Weaving together myth, ritual, history, and science, this work describes the systems of smithing and iron smelting, some of which arose 2,000 to 2,500 years ago. Revealing the world of African technological achievement, the contributors to this work demonstrate that iron production there is a socially constructed activity and that its cultural and technological domains cannot be understood separately.

Iron Technology In East Africa

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Author : Peter Ridgway Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: James Currey Publishers
Release Date : 1997-06-22

Iron Technology In East Africa written by Peter Ridgway Schmidt and has been published by James Currey Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-06-22 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.

" . . . one of the best books yet written on preindustrial African ironworking." —Geoarchaeology "Peter Schmidt has written an important synthesis of two decades' work on the iron technology of the Haya people of Tanzania." —African Studies Review " . . . essential reading for archaeologists, anthropologists, and historians of East Africa . . . " —International Journal of African Historical Studies "In Schmidt's skillful and sensitive hands . . . the topic comes alive as a vital sociology of knowledge in ways that will interest a great many readers, both in and outside of archaeology and African Studies." —Choice Peter R. Schmidt distills more than 20 years of research on the technological, historical, and cultural dimensions of African iron production from ancient times to the recent past. His investigation of the rich symbolism surrounding traditional methods of iron production sheds light on the history of iron technology and reveals its central cultural role.

Red Gold Of Africa

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Author : Eugenia W. Herbert
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1984

Red Gold Of Africa written by Eugenia W. Herbert and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Art categories.

The classic history of copper working and use throughout Africa. Researched with a depth of scholarship that will leave future historians green with envy.

Marothodi The Historical Archaeology Of An African Capital

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Mark Anderson
Release Date :

Marothodi The Historical Archaeology Of An African Capital written by and has been published by Mark Anderson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

The Origins Of Iron Metallurgy In Africa

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Author : Hamady Bocoum
language : en
Publisher: Unesco
Release Date : 2004

The Origins Of Iron Metallurgy In Africa written by Hamady Bocoum and has been published by Unesco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Social Science categories.

The work of specialists archaeologists, historians, ethnologists, metallographs and sociologists gathered in this volume show the vitality of research being carried out on iron processing in Africa since as early as the third millennium B.C.

Mining And Metallurgy In South Africa

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Mining And Metallurgy In South Africa written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Metallurgy categories.

The Living Rock

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Author : Arthur Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Release Date : 1994

The Living Rock written by Arthur Wilson and has been published by Woodhead Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Civilization categories.

This book concentrates on the social and economic effects that metals have had on community life and on wider historical developments. It gives a fascinating perspective proclaiming that the history of metals is the history of civilization; basing the text on the results of archeometallurgists and materials scientists and looking at the advancement of societies as a direct result of their new-found technology. The author's clear and lucid style prevents the book becoming aridly academic while he maps the course of ancient history through to medieval times and beyond, showing metal to be, ultimately, the key to history.