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Societal repercussions in the rise of large-scale traditional iron production: a west African example
African archaeological review • 6 • Published In 1988 • Pages: 91-112
By: de Barros, Philip.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article presents a regional study of the development of the Bassar iron industry from its initial stage around 1200 B.P. during which iron goods were produced on a small scale for local consumption -- the focus of this file -- to approximately 75 B.P., as the industry began to decline in importance. Only the data relevant to the early developmental period of the industry, ca. 1200 B.P., have been indexed, including information contained in the tables and text figures.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Metallurgy
- Settlement patterns
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- West African Iron Age
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2002
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Western Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500 BP-1200 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Baassar region, Togo
- NotesAdditional notes
- Philip de Barros
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 112)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84650500
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa