Metals in Past Societies A Global Perspective on Indigenous African
This book seeks to communicate to both a global and local audience, the key attributes of pre-industrial African metallurgy such as technological variation across space and time, methods of mining and extractive metallurgy and the fabrication of metal obj
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Series Editor Ann B. Stahl Department of Anthropology University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Canada
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13523
Shadreck Chirikure
Metals in Past Societies A Global Perspective on Indigenous African Metallurgy
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Shadreck Chirikure Department of Archaeology University of Cape Town Cape Town South Africa
ISSN 1861-6623 ISSN 2192-4910 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Archaeology ISBN 978-3-319-11640-2 ISBN 978-3-319-11641-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11641-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014959261 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © The Author 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
For our sons Tawana and Tadana
Acknowledgements
When asked to be part of this important project, I was very surprised as much as I was excited. Unreservedly, I owe a big debt of gratitude to Professor Ann Stahl, the Series Editor, for the invitation and for very stimulating, inspirational, intelligent and resolute guidance throughout the development of this work and the publication process. Ndinotenda (thank you so much) Ann. Teresa Krause at Springer laboured tirelessly together with Ann and the Series Advisory body to ensure that this much needed series materialized. This work benefited from a thorough review by two anonymous readers whose incisive comments strengthened the initial ideas and resulted in the production of a more effective and geographically balanced outcome. I would be remiss if I did not acknowledge the immortal contribution of the late Professor P. J. Ucko who always and in his own ways challenged me to articulate aspects of African archaeology to a global audience. It is almost 15 years since I first knocked on Professor Thilo Rehren’s door on the third Floor of the Institute of Archaeology at UCL. That day marked my first induction into the s
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