book chapter
Iron-using peoples before A.D. 1000
African archaeology • Cambridge • Published In 1993 • Pages: 158- 207, 241-263
By: Phillipson, D. W..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an overview of the African Iron Age. Phillipson mentions two early copper-working sites in Akjoujt, Mauritania and Agadez, Niger. Early iron-working sites include Rim, Burkina Faso; Air, Niger; and Jenné-jeno, Mali. Other Iron Age sites are Nok sites of Nigeria, the Sao sites of Chad, and Begho in Ghana. Later iron-working sites include those in Senegal and Gambia which are associated with a series of large megalithic monuments. For other overviews of iron origns and technology in the region see documents nos. 7, 11, 15, and 16.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Information sources listed in other works
- Metallurgy
- Smiths and their crafts
- 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
- book chapter
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2001
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500-1000 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- not specified
- NotesAdditional notes
- David W. Phillipson
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-263) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92035021
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa