Symbolism, Science and Archaeology
Schmidt, Peter R. (Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Florida, USA)
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Hardback
400 pages
51 Figures, 111 Photographs, Glossary
Published: 1997
Publisher: James Currey (Publishers) Ltd
ISBN / EAN: 0852557442
The purpose of this study is to recuperate the history of African iron technology. Through a cross-cultural and comparative approach, it reveals both changes and significant continuities in the symbolism that conferred meaning to iron smelting over two t
