essay
New evidence on early iron-smelting from southeastern Nigeria
archaeology of africa : foods, metals, and towns • London • Published In 1993 • Pages: 432-448
By: Okafor, Edwin E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Okafor reviews the literature on on early iron-smelting techniques and origins. He also examines iron-smelting residues from three sites in the Nsukka Division in southeastern Nigeria. One site, Opi, falls within the range of the west African Iron Age period and represents an early stage of bloomery iron smelting using a forced draught shaft furnace. He analyzes the slag from another site, Leja, which although not dated resembles the kind of residue left behind at Opi. For other reviews of literature on the origns and technology of the west African iron industry, see documents nos. 7, 8, 11, and 15.
- 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.
- 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
- 1991
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2500-2100 BP
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nsukka Division, southeastern Nigeria
- NotesAdditional notes
- Edwin E. Okafor
- For bibliographical references see document number 17: Anonymous
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92013921
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Age--Africa