This paper is a review of the course of research during the past decade into the history of
indigenous metal working in sub-Saharan Africa. It comprises three sections: a summary of …

Since time immemorial dry forests and woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa have provided
diverse ecosystems goods and services to large populations of humans and livestock that …

The origin of the grassy habit during the Eocene and the development of C4 grasses during
the Miocene/Pliocene boundary are discussed before the origin of primary and secondary …

Africa has a vibrant past. It emerges from this book as the proud possessor of a vast and
highly complicated interweaving of peoples and cultures, practising an enormous diversity of …

ABSTRACT Although Sub-Saharan Africa has the oldest evidence for the deliberate
production of fire, its recent record of pyrotechnology is more often presented as a list of …

The re-enactment of a smelt in a Mafa down-draft furnace produced cast iron in addition to
steel and low-carbon iron. Further processing of these products in a forge to decarburize the …

Metallurgical data are presented here from a number of archaeological sites in the area of
the Limpopo-Shashe confluence that suggest that the production of metals in the region …

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This review draws from old and new archaeological data and takes interpretive flavor from
indigenous African concepts to demonstrate that, within a context of local and external …

nents of southern African Iron Age sites. Their correct identification is crucial to
understanding technological processes performed at these sites. This paper presents …