عنوان

Iron Production in Northern Benin:

شماره

LA113530

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Iron Production in Northern Benin:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Excavations at Kompa Moussékoubou

نام نخستين پديدآور

Caroline Robion-Brunner, Anne Haour, Marie-Pierre Coustures, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

In the context of the "Crossroads of Empires" project led by Anne Haour, one strand of enquiry aims to understand the history of blacksmith groups and the development of iron production in Dendi country, in the northern Republic of Benin. Numerous remains of iron production have been discovered, showing a great variability in furnace design and waste assemblages. At least three smelting traditions can be distinguished. In this paper, we present the smelting site of Kompa Moussékoubou (10th/11th c. AD) which has been investigated by archaeological and archaeometric methods. Beyond the archaeometallurgical results, the excavation of a 1 x 2 m trench on a settlement mound nearby and survey work, which place the site within its wider context, are also discussed. In particular, we offer a detailed analysis of the ceramics recovered during test pitting and within one of the furnaces itself. This paper thus offers a rare opportunity to combine archaeometallurgical and ceramics data. In the context of the "Crossroads of Empires" project led by Anne Haour, one strand of enquiry aims to understand the history of blacksmith groups and the development of iron production in Dendi country, in the northern Republic of Benin. Numerous remains of iron production have been discovered, showing a great variability in furnace design and waste assemblages. At least three smelting traditions can be distinguished. In this paper, we present the smelting site of Kompa Moussékoubou (10th/11th c. AD) which has been investigated by archaeological and archaeometric methods. Beyond the archaeometallurgical results, the excavation of a 1 x 2 m trench on a settlement mound nearby and survey work, which place the site within its wider context, are also discussed. In particular, we offer a detailed analysis of the ceramics recovered during test pitting and within one of the furnaces itself. This paper thus offers a rare opportunity to combine archaeometallurgical and ceramics data.

تاريخ نشر

2015

توصيف ظاهري

39-57

عنوان

Journal of African Archaeology

شماره جلد

13/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2191-5784

اصطلاح موضوعی

archaeometallurgy

اصطلاح موضوعی

ceramics

اصطلاح موضوعی

Dendi country

اصطلاح موضوعی

iron production

اصطلاح موضوعی

North Benin

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Anne Haour

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Caroline Robion-Brunner

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Didier Béziat

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Louis Champion

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Marie-Pierre Coustures

شماره بازیابی

10.3213/2191-5784-10263

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y