Between ritual and technology: Social articulation of prehistoric metallurgy from a cross-cultural perspective

The present paper explores the relevance of ethnographic data on ritual metallurgy for the understanding of the intersection of ritual and technology in prehistoric metallurgy. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, the paper details ritual practices surrounding iron smelting, including gendered...

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Published in:Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
Main Author: Gošić Milena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2025/0350-08612501171G.pdf