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Improvement Era 53, no. 3 (March 1950)
Smith, George Albert
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Was Iron Known in Ancient America?
Title
Was Iron Known in Ancient America?
Magazine
Improvement Era
Publication Type
Magazine Article
Year of Publication
1950
Authors
Widtsoe, John A. (Primary)
Number of Pages
175, 231
Date Published
March 1950
Volume
53
Issue Number
3
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Abstract
The view of scholars in the field of American archaeology holds that the pre-Columbian inhabitants of America did not know of or use iron. However, this article, citing the Science Newsletter of November 12, 1949, recommends that this view may have to be reevaluated on the basis of new findings of iron in ancient America.
Table of Contents
Subject Keywords
Metal
Archaeology
Metallurgy
External Evidence
Iron
Ancient America – Mesoamerica
Ancient America - Mesoamerica
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