Iron Technology in East Africa Symbolism, Science, and Archaeology

Name: Iron Technology in East Africa Symbolism, Science, and Archaeology
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ISBN: 9780253211095

ISBN-10: 0253211093

ISBN-13: 9780253211095

Edition: 1997

Authors: Peter R. Schmidt

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List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 6/22/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

PETER R. SCHMIDT is the former Director of the Center for African Studies and Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Florida. RODERICK J. MCINTOSH is Professor of Anthropology at Rice University.



Preface



Remaking Knowledge about African Iron Technology



Historical and Cultural Contexts: Excavating History, Myth, and Ritual



Ethnoarchaeology and Experiment in Iron Technology



Ethnoarchaeology and Bricolage: Engaging Iron Smelting



A Technological Model of the Haya Process



Comparative Models: Forging a History of Haya Iron Smelting



Dynamic Models for an Archaeology of Iron Technology



Models for the Interpretation of Space: Smelting and Forging



An Archaeology of African Iron Symbolism



Reading Ideology in the Archaeological Record



A History of Landscape Transformation: Bringing the Past Up to the Present


Appendix A


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index