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Beyond furnaces and slags: a review study of bellows and their role in indigenous African metallurgical processes

Shadreck Chirikure Department of Archaeology, University of Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rob Burrett Independent Scholar, Khami Enterprises, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
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Robert B. Heimann Dr.-Kahlbaum-Allee 2, D-02826, Görlitz, Germany
Pages 195-215 | Published online: 12 Aug 2009

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