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- catalog abstract "Peter R. Schmidt distills more than twenty years of research and scholarship into this major work on the history and culture of iron technology in East Africa from ancient times to the present. Although archaeologists have long held that ironmaking spread from a single point of origin in Europe, Schmidt shows that African iron smelting developed independently, based on the use of indigenous natural resources and local invention. Schmidt recounts the reenactment of traditional iron smelting by elders of the Haya people in northwestern Tanzania. Through analysis of the chemistry and metallurgy of the smelting process, he demonstrates the genius of African iron technology. The rich symbolism surrounding traditional methods of iron production sheds light on the history of iron technology and reveals its central cultural role.".
- catalog contributor b10244081.
- catalog coverage "Tanzania Antiquities.".
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. Remaking Knowledge about African Iron Technology -- 2. Historical and Cultural Contexts: Excavating History, Myth, and Ritual -- 3. Ethnoarchaeology and Experiment in Iron Technology -- 4. Ethnoarchaeology and Bricolage: Engaging Iron Smelting -- 5. A Technological Model of the Haya Process -- 6. Comparative Models: Forging a History of Haya Iron Smelting -- 7. Dynamic Models for an Archaeology of Iron Technology -- 8. Models for the Interpretation of Space: Smelting and Forging -- 9. An Archaeology of African Iron Symbolism -- 10. Reading Ideology in the Archaeological Record -- 11. A History of Landscape Transformation: Bringing the Past Up to the Present.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-318) and index.".
- catalog description "Peter R. Schmidt distills more than twenty years of research and scholarship into this major work on the history and culture of iron technology in East Africa from ancient times to the present. Although archaeologists have long held that ironmaking spread from a single point of origin in Europe, Schmidt shows that African iron smelting developed independently, based on the use of indigenous natural resources and local invention. Schmidt recounts the reenactment of traditional iron smelting by elders of the Haya people in northwestern Tanzania. Through analysis of the chemistry and metallurgy of the smelting process, he demonstrates the genius of African iron technology. The rich symbolism surrounding traditional methods of iron production sheds light on the history of iron technology and reveals its central cultural role.".
- catalog extent "xii, 328 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0253211093 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0253332559 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; Oxford : James Currey,".
- catalog spatial "Tanzania Antiquities.".
- catalog spatial "Tanzania".
- catalog spatial "Tanzania.".
- catalog subject "669/.141/096 21".
- catalog subject "DT443.3.H39 S24 1997".
- catalog subject "Ethnoarchaeology Tanzania.".
- catalog subject "Haya (African people) Industries.".
- catalog subject "Haya (African people) Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Iron Tanzania Metallurgy.".
- catalog subject "Iron-works Tanzania History.".
- catalog subject "Metal-work, Haya Tanzania.".
- catalog subject "Metal-work, Haya.".
- catalog subject "Smelting Tanzania History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Remaking Knowledge about African Iron Technology -- 2. Historical and Cultural Contexts: Excavating History, Myth, and Ritual -- 3. Ethnoarchaeology and Experiment in Iron Technology -- 4. Ethnoarchaeology and Bricolage: Engaging Iron Smelting -- 5. A Technological Model of the Haya Process -- 6. Comparative Models: Forging a History of Haya Iron Smelting -- 7. Dynamic Models for an Archaeology of Iron Technology -- 8. Models for the Interpretation of Space: Smelting and Forging -- 9. An Archaeology of African Iron Symbolism -- 10. Reading Ideology in the Archaeological Record -- 11. A History of Landscape Transformation: Bringing the Past Up to the Present.".
- catalog title "Iron technology in East Africa : symbolism, science, and archaeology / Peter R. Schmidt.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".