Invention and Innovation in African Iron-smelting Technologies

被引：25

作者：

Killick, David ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Arizona, Sch Anthropol, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA

来源：

CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL | 2015年 / 25卷 / 01期

关键词：

METALLURGY;

D O I：

10.1017/S0959774314001176

中图分类号：

K85 [文物考古];

学科分类号：

0601 ;

摘要：

Sub-Saharan Africa is often characterized by Europeans as a region that saw no significant technological change from the adoptions of agriculture and ironworking until the European colonization of the entire continent after 1880. This article criticizes this view by exploring the distinction between invention and innovation, using African iron smelting as a case study. It argues that there is in fact much evidence for the invention of new technologies in recent African prehistory, but that very low population densities precluded innovations in mass production and transportation.

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页码：307 / 319

页数：13

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