Myth, ritual, and metallurgy in ancient Greece and recent Africa /
Blakely, Sandra,1959-
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-304) and indexes.
The Greek daimones -- Iconography and metallurgy -- African iron: history, ritual, and investigation -- Birth, craft, and the daimones: the eretrian hymn to the daktyloi -- Gender and production: the Fipa -- The daimones: fertility and ritual performance -- Pharmaka and apotropaia: the daimones and medicine -- Iron and political power: Africa -- Bakongo investiture: kings, iron, and autochthones -- Daimones and political power: idaian daktyloi in the phoronis -- Pindar's telchines.
Metallurgy