About the Author

A. Bernard Knapp is reader in Archaeology at the University of Glasgow. Vincent C. Pigott is Senior Researcher at the Museum Applied Science Centre for Archaeology (MASCA), University of Pennsylvania Museum. Eugenia W. Herbert is E. Nevious Rodman Professor of History Emeritus, Mount Holyoke College, and book review editor for the African Studies Review.

Reviews

"There is not better single source for those interested in the evolution of the technologies of mining and metallurgy, the social history of a craft, and the anthropology of mining communities."
-"Social and Behavioral Sciences