Iron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival study

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dc.contributor.advisorChirikure, Shadrecken_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorMaggs, Timothyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Ellen Jeanineen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-25T07:10:09Z
dc.date.available2016-07-25T07:10:09Z
dc.date.issued2016en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis addresses continuity and change in the manufacture and use of decorative metalwork in the Iron Age (200-1900 AD) of southern Africa, within a framework of archival studies and artefact studies theory. The thesis adopted a direct historical approach which exploited the huge database of existing information to create typologies of objects and processing techniques that are prominent in ethno-historical sources of the 19th and 20th centuries. This process enabled for the first time, a comprehensive mapping of object typologies and techniques of manufacture by ethnic groups thereby allowing cross cultural comparisons. Subsequently, the study explored the typology of objects utilized further back in the time of the Early Iron Age using archaeological evidence. It demonstrated that most of the objects used in the Iron Age were similar to those that were used in the 19th century. However, new innovations were made along the way with metals and alloys being constantly added to the range of materials worked. A dedicated visual study of fabrication techniques employed in the manufacture of ethnographic materials housed at Iziko Museum of Cape Town was carried out. The techniques gleaned from the macroscopic study were compared with those metallographically documented in the literature for the manufacture of Iron Age objects, further exposing continuity and change in metal fabrication. The social, economic and political role of decorative metalwork was hardly static, and varied from context to context and group to group.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationWalker, E. J. (2016). <i>Iron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival study</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20643en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWalker, Ellen Jeanine. <i>"Iron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival study."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20643en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWalker, E. 2016. Iron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival study. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Walker, Ellen Jeanine AB - This thesis addresses continuity and change in the manufacture and use of decorative metalwork in the Iron Age (200-1900 AD) of southern Africa, within a framework of archival studies and artefact studies theory. The thesis adopted a direct historical approach which exploited the huge database of existing information to create typologies of objects and processing techniques that are prominent in ethno-historical sources of the 19th and 20th centuries. This process enabled for the first time, a comprehensive mapping of object typologies and techniques of manufacture by ethnic groups thereby allowing cross cultural comparisons. Subsequently, the study explored the typology of objects utilized further back in the time of the Early Iron Age using archaeological evidence. It demonstrated that most of the objects used in the Iron Age were similar to those that were used in the 19th century. However, new innovations were made along the way with metals and alloys being constantly added to the range of materials worked. A dedicated visual study of fabrication techniques employed in the manufacture of ethnographic materials housed at Iziko Museum of Cape Town was carried out. The techniques gleaned from the macroscopic study were compared with those metallographically documented in the literature for the manufacture of Iron Age objects, further exposing continuity and change in metal fabrication. The social, economic and political role of decorative metalwork was hardly static, and varied from context to context and group to group. DA - 2016 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2016 T1 - Iron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival study TI - Iron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20643 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/20643
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWalker EJ. Iron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival study. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 2016 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20643en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherArchaeologyen_ZA
dc.titleIron age decorative metalwork in southern Africa: an archival studyen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
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