Une enterprise interdisciplinaire dans le domaine de la métallurgie africaine

An interdisciplinary attempt in the field of African smithcraft.- In his review of a collective work on iron and copper working in sub-Saharan Africa, J.-P. Chauveau tries to define and delineate the advantages -- and possible shortcomings -- of a multidisciplinary approach, associating, in this case, metallurgists, archaeologists, anthropologists, geographers and historians.