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The magical production of iron in the Cameroon grassfields
archaeology of africa : foods, metals, and towns • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 512-550
By: Rowlands, Michael, Warnier, Jean-Pierre.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Rowlands and Warnier discuss the different kinds of smelting techniques and processes used by the people who inhabit the Ndop plain, Cameroons. They include a lengthy discussion of the associated ritual and magic. They also examine the archaeological sites and record of the 'glazed sherds' iron industry in the nearby Grassfields region.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Historical reconstruction
- Metallurgy
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary 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
- 1982-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1755-1085 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Fundong, Grassfields, Cameroon
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Rowlands and Jean-Pierre Warnier
- For bibliographical references see document number 17: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92013921
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa