Chirikure, Shadreck <br/><br/>
Metals in past societies:  a global perspectives on indigenous African metallurgy 

 - Cham:  Springer International Publishing,   @2015 
 - xxi, 166p. illus.,  includes index 
 - Contributions from Africa .
<br/><br/> 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<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783319116402 - pbk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>1. Metallurgy -- Africa<br/>2. Metallurgy in archaeology -- Africa<br/>3. Materials