Archaeological and ethnographic investigations in western Tanzania in the 1970s revealed remarkable evidence for a complex and highly advanced iron technology t

" . . . one of the best books yet written on preindustrial African ironworking." —Geoarchaeology "Peter Schmidt has written an important synthesis of two deca

"This volume has much to recommend it -- providing fascinating and stimulating insights into many arenas of material culture, many of which still remain only su

The work of specialists archaeologists, historians, ethnologists, metallographs and sociologists gathered in this volume show the vitality of research being car

The book includes eight papers focusing on the interaction of society, culture, and technology in Africa over the last two million years. The goal is to highlig