The development of iron technology in precolonial western Uganda

摘要: The local production of iron was an important technology in eastern Africa up until the earlier twentieth century, when use and reuse imported overtook vernacular smelting industries cemented their decline. Prior to this, utilisation ores had produced for agricultural implements, household tools weapons, serving needs many generations farmers herders across region. smelters western Uganda enjoyed a particularly esteemed reputation recent history, especially among neighbours Buganda. archaeometallurgical research undertaken 2007, little known about technologies upon which this fostered. This paper presents overview results six months fieldwork subsequent analysis, together revealed complexities Mwenge, Uganda, between fourteenth centuries. Technological reconstructions indicate that some produ...