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The Iron Age in eastern and southern Africa extends over the last years, and, as a cultural term, designates groups of people who were metal using agriculturalists. Even for more recent times in sub-Saharan Africa, beyond the period and area of European expansion, radiocarbon remains our major chronometric source Thomas N. Huffman. Sheet technological use and occupation, B.C. and A.D., during the Early Iron Age. There is evidence as well for intense occupation of the site during the period Afro-Eurasia refers to the combined continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa. OUR knowledge of the chronology of the African Iron Age of more than four or five centuries ago rests almost exclusively on the basis of radio carbon age determinations. Our A Historiography of the Bantu Iron Age Zachary McKeeby University of Virginia 2nd year regional essay ember Critical Review: Regional Synthesis Zach McKeeby Judging from a number of recent publications, the long-running debate over the origins of iron smelting in sub-Saharan Africa has been re-solved in favor of those advocating Age (vide Forbes,, p) although it did not appear in barbarian Europe until the Iron Age and Africa had to ~ait until the Arabs brought it during the Islamic invasion. BY D. W. PHILLIPSON. OUR knowledge of the chronology of the African Iron Age of more than four or five centuries ago rests almost exclusively on the basis of radio carbon age A NEW PARADIGM: THE AFRICAN EARLY IRON AGE WITHOUT BANTU MIGRATIONS' JOHN H. ROBERTSON MOUNT ROYAL COLLEGE REBECCA BRADLEY MOUNT P. L. Shinnie. Our understanding of the nature of Iron Age societies has broadened in the last ade through an upsurge in research and improved methods of ordering ceramic and settlement data. I employ the results of these methods in a Our understanding of the nature of Iron Age societies has The Iron Age in eastern and southern Africa extends over the last years, and, as a cultural term, designates groups of people who were metal using agriculturalists. Based on the Find, read and cite all the BY D. W. PHILLIPSON. The Iron Age lasted roughly from BCE to BCE. We’re used to iron now, but iron-making Table Proportional distributions of the age groups Age group % in population Suckling () Toddlers () Small children () Older children () Young adults () Adults () Elderly () Depending on each sex/age category, one person should yearly consume his/her required amount of cereals In southern Africa the term “iron-using” is increasingly being used in preference to the term “Iron Age.” In much of the continent archaeology provides the only evidence for Iron Age societies, though for North Africa, being part of the classical world, there is some historical evidence PDF A term used to designate metal-using agriculturalists, the Iron Age of eastern and southern Africa extends over the last years. Department of Archaeology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,, South Africa. The advance in knowledge of the archaeology of the Iron Age in Africa during the last twenty years is one of the most significant developments of archaeology The Iron Age in eastern and southern Africa extends over the last years, and, as a cultural term, designates groups of people who were metal using agriculturalists.