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    Smelting copper in decorated pottery: communities of practice in the Niari Basin, Republic of the Congo, fifteenth seventeenth centuries CE

    Authors
    Cordivari, B. W.
    Nikis, N.
    Martinón-Torres, M.
    Discipline
    History and Archaeology
    Subject
    Heritage studies
    Audience
    Scientific
    Date
    2022
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    This paper considers copper production in the Niari Basin, Republic of the Congo, during a period dated to the mid-fifteenth mid-seventeenth centuries CE. Using a combination of pXRF, OM, SEM EDS, and FTIR, it assesses the microstructure and composition of slags and technical ceramics from sites associated with two different regional pottery traditions: Moubiri-type at the site of Kingoyi near Mindouli and Kindangakanzi-type at Kindangakanzi near Boko-Songho. Both sites are character- ised by the use of refractory domestic pottery as crucibles for copper smelting. Moubiri-type pottery is alumina-rich, while Kindangakanzi-type pottery is formed from a magnesia-rich clay, a crucible type unique in sub-Saharan Africa. Similarities in chaînes opératoires at Kingoyi and Kindangakanzi suggest sharing of knowledge at mining and smelting sites, interactions we reconstruct as a metallurgical constellation of practice comprised of the distinct potting communities of practice (see Supplementary information for abstract in Lingala and French).
    Citation
    Cordivari, B. W.; Nikis, N.; Martinón-Torres, M. (2022). Smelting copper in decorated pottery: communities of practice in the Niari Basin, Republic of the Congo, fifteenth seventeenth centuries CE. , Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Vol. 14 (11), 210, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01653-9.
    Identifiers
    uri: https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12943
    doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01653-9
    url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01653-9
    Type
    Article
    Peer-Review
    Yes
    Language
    eng
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