Smelting copper in decorated pottery: communities of practice in the Niari Basin, Republic of the Congo, fifteenth seventeenth centuries CE
| dc.contributor.author | Cordivari, B. W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nikis, N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Martinón-Torres, M. | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Africa - Central | |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1500-1800 AD | |
| dc.date | 2022 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-14T13:26:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-14T13:26:18Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/12943 | |
| dc.description | 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). | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.title | Smelting copper in decorated pottery: communities of practice in the Niari Basin, Republic of the Congo, fifteenth seventeenth centuries CE | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dc.subject.frascati | History and Archaeology | |
| dc.audience | Scientific | |
| dc.subject.free | Heritage studies | |
| dc.source.title | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences | |
| dc.source.volume | 14 (11) | |
| dc.source.page | 210 | |
| Orfeo.peerreviewed | Yes | |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01653-9 | |
| dc.identifier.url | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-022-01653-9 | |
| dc.identifier.rmca | 6440 |
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