Title Ancient African metallurgy : the socio-cultural context / Michael S. Bisson ... [and others] ; edited and with a foreword by Joseph O. Vogel.

Publication Info.	Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2000]
	©2000

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	GN645 .A52 2000	Available	---

Description	xviii, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and indexes.
Contents	Metals and precolonial African society / Augustin F. C. Holl -- Precolonial Copper metallurgy: sociopolitical context / Michael S. Bisson -- Iron metallurgy: sociocultural context / Philip de Barros -- Traditional iron working: a narrated ethnoarchaelogical example / S. Terry Childs.
Subject	Metal-work -- Africa -- History.
	Metal-work.
	Africa.
	History.
	Metal-work, Prehistoric -- Africa.
	Metal-work, Prehistoric.
	Copperwork -- Africa -- History.
	Copperwork.
	Ironwork -- Africa -- History.
	Ironwork.
	Ethnoarchaeology -- Africa.
	Ethnoarchaeology.
	Africa -- Antiquities.
	Antiquities.
Added Author	Bisson, Michael S.
	Vogel, Joseph O.
ISBN	0742502619 paperback alkaline paper
	0742502600 cloth alkaline paper