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Changing perspectives on traditional iron production in west Africa
archaeology of africa : foods, metals, and towns • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 449-458
By: Kense, François J., Okoro, John Ako.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kense and Okoro review the ethnographic and archaeological literature on both the west African Iron Industry and Iron Age and focuses on two sites, which they believe are important for understanding the origins of west African iron making. The sites are Nok, Nigeria and Haut Ogooué, Gabon. For other reviews of literature on origns and technology see documents nos. 7, 8, 11, and 16.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- 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
- 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
- 2500-500 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- west Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- François J. Kense and John Ako Okoro
- For bibliographical references see document number 17: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92013921
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa