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    Exploring ironmaking practices at Meroe, Sudan—a comparative analysis of archaeological and experimental data

    Recent excavations of a Late to Post-Meroitic furnace workshop at Meroe, Sudan prompted questions concerning the use of some of its unusual design features and the nature of ironmaking practice. To begin addre...

    Michael Charlton, Jane Humphris in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (2019)

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    A New Radiocarbon Chronology for Ancient Iron Production in the Meroe Region of Sudan

    Recent archaeometallurgical investigations in Sudan have provided 97 radiocarbon dates which are used here to present a new chronology for ancient iron production associated with the Kingdom of Kush. Understan...

    Jane Humphris, Thomas Scheibner in African Archaeological Review (2017)