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Pre-Columbian Iron Tools
by Toltecitztli on Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:56 am
Just found a wonderful article. Apparently in the US Pre-Columbian iron tools have been found.
For non-archaeologists.
The reason copper and gold were the first metals used and iron not used, is because they are found in nugget form and iron isn't. It take a significant discovery to work out how to smelt iron, but copper and gold nuggets can be found by panning many rivers, so the leap of reason not so great.
If iron was found in nugget form the Pre-Columbian Americas would have had it too.
Well, it is and they did............ according to this article.
https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/4817/1/V61N06_341.pdf
Meteoric iron occurs in nuggets and it appears the natives of Hopewell Ohio found this and used it to make tools backed up by finds of iron adze, chisels, axes.
For non-archaeologists.
The reason copper and gold were the first metals used and iron not used, is because they are found in nugget form and iron isn't. It take a significant discovery to work out how to smelt iron, but copper and gold nuggets can be found by panning many rivers, so the leap of reason not so great.
If iron was found in nugget form the Pre-Columbian Americas would have had it too.
Well, it is and they did............ according to this article.
https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/bitstream/1811/4817/1/V61N06_341.pdf
Meteoric iron occurs in nuggets and it appears the natives of Hopewell Ohio found this and used it to make tools backed up by finds of iron adze, chisels, axes.