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Statement: Sub-Saharan African bloomery smelting antiquity comparable to or predating 1200 BCE Near Eastern Iron Age onset.
Needs verification (non-blocking)
Active archaeological debate; some radiocarbon dates for sub-Saharan smelting push into the 2nd millennium BCE, but scholarly consensus is not settled. Killick & Fenn (2012) survey the debate.
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