An Archaeological Study Of Ancient Iron Working Sites In Mahurum, Bokkos L

📄 Project Abstract

This research was undertaken with the purpose of studying evidence of ancient iron Smelting technology in Mahurum area. In the research, cultural ecology which emphasises on the role of ecology in influencing the culture of a society was adopted as the theoretical framework. Methods adopted for the research were oral tradition, archaeological survey, consultation of written materials and classification and analysis. In the research, oral tradition reveals information on the material and non-material evidence of iron working in the Mahurum area and the processes that were involved. Also information on the settlement history of the Ahurum was collected. Consultation of written materials provided a background on the historiography of iron smelting in Nigeria which impacted on the work. Archaeological survey on the other hand, reveals vestiges of iron smelting among others which were duly studied and mapped and classification and analysis was carried out on the basic components of the find...