Early Iron Manufacturing Industries in Semi-Arid, South-Eastern Zimbabwe

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" Early Iron Manufacturing Industries in Semi-Arid, South-Eastern Zimbabwe "
Lorraine M. Swan

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1070056
Doc. No	:	LA113685
Call No	:	‭10.3213/1612-1651-10096‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Lorraine M. Swan
Title & Author	:	Early Iron Manufacturing Industries in Semi-Arid, South-Eastern Zimbabwe [Article]\ Lorraine M. Swan
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of African Archaeology
Date	:	2007
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/2
Page No	:	315–338
Abstract	:	Recent research about the history of human settlement and impact on the environment has focused on part of the semi-arid, south-eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. Two iron-smelting sites were excavated in 2004. Both sites indicated use of local magnetite resources for production beyond immediate subsistence needs. The Kwali Camp smelting site was used by some of the first farmers in the region, associated with the Gokomere tradition on the southeastern Zimbabwean plateau. The Mhangula smelting site was used in a later period and probably supplied iron to elite communities associated with the Zimbabwe State. Recent research about the history of human settlement and impact on the environment has focused on part of the semi-arid, south-eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe. Two iron-smelting sites were excavated in 2004. Both sites indicated use of local magnetite resources for production beyond immediate subsistence needs. The Kwali Camp smelting site was used by some of the first farmers in the region, associated with the Gokomere tradition on the southeastern Zimbabwean plateau. The Mhangula smelting site was used in a later period and probably supplied iron to elite communities associated with the Zimbabwe State.
Descriptor	:	early farming communities
Descriptor	:	Iron ore
Descriptor	:	iron smelting
Descriptor	:	resources
Descriptor	:	semi-arid environment
Descriptor	:	specialists
Descriptor	:	Zimbabwe period
Location & Call number	:	‭10.3213/1612-1651-10096‬