Seeking Africa's First Iron Men

2009/01/08 by Heather Pringle · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #African history and culture analysis #Ancient Egypt and Archaeology #Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis

paper · doi:10.1126/science.323.5911.200

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Abstract

Archaeologists are battling over when--and how--ancient African cultures entered the Iron Age.

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• Iron Age [wikipedia]

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