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Iron Artefacts from the DGB-1 Site, Northern Cameroon:

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LA113493

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Iron Artefacts from the DGB-1 Site, Northern Cameroon:

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[Article]

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Conservation, Metallurgical Analysis and Ethnoarchaeological Analogies

First Statement of Responsibility

Scott MacEachern, David A. Scott, Molly O'Guinness Carlson, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

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In 2008, a number of iron artefacts were recovered from an interior courtyard on the DGB-1 site during fieldwork in 2008. DGB-1 is a large multi-function site located in the northeastern Mandara Mountains of Cameroon, and dating to the mid-second millennium AD. The iron artefacts recovered included a cache of spear/arrow points found buried under a living floor, as well as a local hoe and a chain and a 'barrette' probably not of local provenance. This discovery has a number of points of interest: (1) ethnoarchaeological reenactments of iron smelts in the 1980s in the same region provide a rare opportunity for comparison of iron-working techniques over about five centuries in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) the variability in different forms of iron (including eutectoid steel) used in these artefacts; and (3) the welding of different forms of iron to produce composite artefacts. In 2008, a number of iron artefacts were recovered from an interior courtyard on the DGB-1 site during fieldwork in 2008. DGB-1 is a large multi-function site located in the northeastern Mandara Mountains of Cameroon, and dating to the mid-second millennium AD. The iron artefacts recovered included a cache of spear/arrow points found buried under a living floor, as well as a local hoe and a chain and a 'barrette' probably not of local provenance. This discovery has a number of points of interest: (1) ethnoarchaeological reenactments of iron smelts in the 1980s in the same region provide a rare opportunity for comparison of iron-working techniques over about five centuries in sub-Saharan Africa; (2) the variability in different forms of iron (including eutectoid steel) used in these artefacts; and (3) the welding of different forms of iron to produce composite artefacts.

Date of Publication

2013

Physical description

39-54

Title

Journal of African Archaeology

Volume Number

11/1

International Standard Serial Number

2191-5784

Subject Term

blacksmithing

Subject Term

DGB sites

Subject Term

ethnoarchaeology

Subject Term

iron technology

Subject Term

Mandara Mountains

David A. Scott

Jean-Marie Datouang Djoussou

Molly O'Guinness Carlson

Scott MacEachern

Call Number

10.3213/2191-5784-10230

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[Article]

275578

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