7783
Accession Number
33542
Title Of Article Chaper
Early iron smelting in Central Africa
Title Of Journal Book
Scientific American
Volume
258
Issue
6
Pages
104-111
ISSN
0036-8733
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Using archaeology and ethnoreconstruction, a study is made of how people near Lake Victoria used to smelt iron in tall charcoal burning furnaces at temperatures that reached 1,400 degrees Celsius. -- AATA
Keywords
Iron Smelting Africa, Central;Archaeology Ethnoreconstruction Smelting AATA
pub_id
7783