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Prehistoric Ironworking

Prehistoric Ironworking is a material culture practice, belonging to the broader class of metallurgical technologies, that is differentiated by its development and application in human societies prior to the advent of written records, specifically involving the extraction, smelting, and forging of iron from ore using pre-industrial methods.

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Publications

146

The Early Iron Age and the Spread of the Bantu

Thomas N. Huffman · The South African Archaeological Bulletin · 1970 · 214 citations

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Iron technology in East Africa: symbolism, science, and archaeology

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 132 citations

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Post-excavation changes in iron antiquities

S. Turgoose · Studies in Conservation · 1982 · 130 citations

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The meteoritic origin of Tutankhamun's iron dagger blade

Daniela Comelli, Massimo D’Orazio, L. Folco et al. · Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 2016 · 114 citations · Full text

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Kwale: An Early Iron Age Site in South-Eastern Kenya

Robert Soper · Azania Archaeological Research in Africa · 1967 · 111 citations

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Authors

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  1. SC
    Shadreck Chirikure

    University of Cape Town, South Africa

    4 publications · 80 citations

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  2. EB
    Erez Ben‐Yosef

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    4 publications · 139 citations

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  3. TM
    T. M. Evers

    Institute of Endocrinology, Czechia

    3 publications · 80 citations

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  4. TR
    Thilo Rehren

    University College London, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 69 citations

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  5. NY
    Naama Yahalom‐Mack

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    3 publications · 130 citations

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Institutions

114

  1. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    7 h-index

    16 publications

    463 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    117 citations

  3. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    102 citations

  4. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    70 citations

  5. Institute of Archaeology

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    105 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    83 citations

  7. Sichuan University

    Chengdu, China

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  8. University of Science and Technology Beijing

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

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Venues

  1. The South African Archaeological Bulletin

    13 publications · 548 citations

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  2. Journal of Archaeological Science

    12 publications · 289 citations

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  3. Azania Archaeological Research in Africa

    8 publications · 287 citations

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  4. Journal of African Archaeology

    6 publications · 256 citations

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  5. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society

    PPS · 6 publications · 127 citations

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