Iron Artefacts from the DGB-1 Site, Northern Cameroon
Conservation, Metallurgical Analysis and Ethnoarchaeological Analogies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12859068 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maceachern (0000-0002-4859-3998, Bowdoin College, corresponding author), David Scott (0000-0002-4176-0466, corresponding author), Molly O'Guinness Carlson (corresponding author), Jean-Marie Datouang Djoussou (Université Laval, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-54 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of African Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1612-1651 • E-ISSN: 2191-5784 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.3213/2191-5784-10230 |
| OpenAlex | W2089442165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
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
Archaeology · Ethnoarchaeology · Geochemistry · Geography · Provenance · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts · Geology
| Citations per year | 0.29 |
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| Citation span | 2012 - 2022 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |