Walter Benedict was born and raised in Akwesasne. He’s 81 now, but when he was 17, like many of his peers, he went into ironworking. Benedict spent years travelling the country, from Texas to North ...
Ironworking is often death-defying work. Many Mohawk residents of the North Country spent their careers perched on iron beams high in the sky,... Oct 28, 2019 — Ironworking is often death-defying work ...
Due to an unforeseeable personal emergency (I’m fine), I’m reprinting one of my earliest Walkabouts, from April 2009. If you weren’t a Brownstoner reader back then, then this is new material. If ...
PEORIA — Bridget Booker wasn’t happy with her life, so she changed it. Seven and a half years ago the single mother of three children, ages 9, 2 and 1, was struggling to get by working full time as a ...
A history of Ireland in 100 objects:The past is unpredictable. This iron spearhead is of a kind familiar enough from the Ireland of 500 AD. Andy Halpin of the National Museum of Ireland says that it ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark C. Perna is a generational expert who covers education & careers. If you think the trades are just for men, think again. And ...
Did you know that the invention of ironworking has its roots in Africa? In the lush forests of modern-day Central African Republic, sometime between 1800 and 1500 BC, craftsmen are believed to have ...
History in Africa: A Journal of Method focuses on historiographical and methodological concerns. The journal publishes textual analysis and criticism, historiographical and bibliographical essays, ...
Archaeologists have uncovered rare evidence of an Iron Age blacksmith's workshop that was in use around 2,700 years ago. The remains were unearthed by a team from DigVentures, a social enterprise ...
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