The Origins Of Iron Metallurgy In Africa

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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.

Ancient African Metallurgy

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Author : Michael S. Bisson
language : en
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Release Date : 2000-08-16

Ancient African Metallurgy written by Michael S. Bisson and has been published by AltaMira Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-08-16 with Social Science categories.

Gold. Copper. Iron. Metal working in Africa has been the subject of both public lore and extensive archaeological investigation. Here, four of the leading contemporary researchers on this topic attempt to provide a complete synthesis of current debates and understandings: Where, how, and when 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 metal objects play in the ideological systems of precolonial African peoples? Substantive chapters address the origins of metal working and the technology and the various uses and meanings of copper and iron. An ethnoarchaeological account in the words of a contemporary iron worker enriches the archaeological explanations. This book provides a comprehensive, timely summary of our current knowledge.

The Origin Of Iron Metallurgy In Africa

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

The Origin Of Iron Metallurgy In 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 2003 with categories.

Iron Technology In East Africa

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Author : Peter Ridgway Schmidt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997

Iron Technology In East Africa 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 1997 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.

The purpose of this study is to recuperate the history of African iron technology.

The Origins Of Iron Smelting In Africa

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Author : Peter Ridgway Schmidt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981

The Origins Of Iron Smelting In Africa 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 1981 with Iron 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.

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.

African Iron Working Ancient And Traditional

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Author : Randi Haaland
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985

African Iron Working Ancient And Traditional written by Randi Haaland and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.

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.

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.

A Study Of Traditional Iron Metallurgy In Africa

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Author : F. J. Kense
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977

A Study Of Traditional Iron Metallurgy In Africa written by F. J. Kense and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Iron categories.