Metals in past societies: a global perspectives on indigenous African metallurgy
Chirikure, Shadreck
Metals in past societies: a global perspectives on indigenous African metallurgy - Cham: Springer International Publishing, @2015 - xxi, 166p. illus., includes index - Contributions from Africa .
Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter-1; Metals and the Production and Reproduction of Society; Introduction; Data Sources; Towards an Integrated View of Global Metallurgy; Organization of Work; References; Origins and Development of Africa's Preindustrial Mining and Metallurgy; Chapter-2; Introduction; Origins of Metallurgy in Egypt and Adjacent Areas; Metal from Somewhere: On the Origins of Metallurgy in West, Central and East Africa; Why are Iron and Copper Earlier than Gold and Bronze in Sub-Saharan Africa? Some Provocative Thoughts
9783319116402 - pbk
1. Metallurgy -- Africa
2. Metallurgy in archaeology -- Africa
3. Materials
Metals in past societies: a global perspectives on indigenous African metallurgy - Cham: Springer International Publishing, @2015 - xxi, 166p. illus., includes index - Contributions from Africa .
Acknowledgements; Contents; About the Author; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter-1; Metals and the Production and Reproduction of Society; Introduction; Data Sources; Towards an Integrated View of Global Metallurgy; Organization of Work; References; Origins and Development of Africa's Preindustrial Mining and Metallurgy; Chapter-2; Introduction; Origins of Metallurgy in Egypt and Adjacent Areas; Metal from Somewhere: On the Origins of Metallurgy in West, Central and East Africa; Why are Iron and Copper Earlier than Gold and Bronze in Sub-Saharan Africa? Some Provocative Thoughts
9783319116402 - pbk
1. Metallurgy -- Africa
2. Metallurgy in archaeology -- Africa
3. Materials