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Tracking the footsteps of West Africa's prehistoric metalworkers
- March 31, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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The discovery of a 2,400-year-old metalworking workshop in Senegal provides new insights into the history of iron production in Africa. Despite decades of archaeological research, the origins of iron metallurgy in sub-Saharan Africa remain largely unclear. Yet this technological revolution—crucial for producing efficient agricultural tools—emerged there at least 3,000 years ago.
Originally published at Phys.org