S., Udayakumar (2024) Ethno-technological perspective of current wisdom of metal craft and craftsmanship, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. SAARC Culture 10, 10. pp. 181-196. ISSN 2012-922x
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| Abstract: | Ethnotechnology is a term used to describe the study of ancient technology specific/ unique to cultural groups of people. Today, technology and craft are defined as applied science. Still, early humans developed technologies like stone tool knapping, potterymaking techniques, metal casting technology, textile manufacture, stone bead-making techniques, etc. Metallurgy may be defined as metal extraction, purification, alloying, and application. Some eighty-six metals are known today, but most were discovered in the last centuries. The ‘seven metals of antiquity’, as they are sometimes called, were, in order of discovery: gold, copper, silver, lead, tin, iron and mercury. The first evidence of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent covers Mehrgarh in Baluchistan, where a small copper bead was dated to about 600 BCE; it is however thought to have been native copper, not the smelted melted extracted from ore. Archaeological excavations have shown that Harappan metal smiths obtained copper ore (either directly or through the local community) from the Aravalli hills, Baluchistan or beyond. Through the ages metal technology has developed in different forms (vessels, weapons, decoration materials, etc.), with other metals such as copper, silver, iron, zinc, etc. This paper will discuss the tracing and understanding of the ancient metal technology with current wisdom practices of (Tamil Nadu and Karnataka) through systematic fieldwork and will focus on the related material which is used and used by metal craftsmen. |
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| Item Type: | Journal Paper |
| Subjects: | School of Humanities > Heritage Studies |
| Divisions: | Schools > Humanities |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2026 09:41 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jan 2026 09:41 |
| Official URL: | https://cms.nias.res.in/sites/default/filesefs/202... |
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| URI: | http://eprints.nias.res.in/id/eprint/3069 |
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