Research findings iron using communities of the upper Tana and their environment
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Date
1999Author
Mutoro, HW
Ngari, H
Ndiri, w
Type
ArticleLanguage
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This paper reports on work which was done on the upper Tana in Eastern Kenya. The work revealed a number of iron-using sites which included smelting areas, so-called Gumba earth works and lot of pottery, belonging to triangular incised (TIW) and Kwale Ware. It is concluded that TIW post date Kwale Ware and it is likely the TIW makers/users were responsible for the iron working in the Area.
Citation
International journal of Arts and Social sciences,Vol. I 1999 P.P. 48-55Publisher
Elsevier School of education
Subject
Iron using communitiesCollections
- Faculty of Education (FEd) [1039]