essay
Transition from Late Stone Age to Iron Age in the Sudano-Sahelian zone: a case study from the Perichadian plain
archaeology of africa : foods, metals, and towns • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 330-343
By: Holl, Augustin.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Holl reviews the theories regarding the origins of iron technology in west Africa. Next he provides a systemic paradigm for analyzing the archaeological record, which considers social, economic, technological, and ecological factors. He then gives an overview of west African copper metallurgy sites and early Iron Age sites. He focuses on the mound sites in the Perichadian plain south of Lake Chad, and one site in particular, Mdaga. For other summaries of the literature on the origns and technology of iron industry in west Africa, see documents nos. 7, 8, 15 and 16.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- 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
- essay
- 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
- 2500-2000 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
- Augustin Holl
- For bibliographical references see document number 17: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92013921
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa