Iron Smelting the Significant Heritage of Sukur Culture

A constructed furnace, known as a bloomery is used for smelting. The furnace is layered with alternating stacks of charcoal and prepared ore. Inside the furnace, carbon from the incomplete combustion of charcoal reduces the iron oxides into metallic iron. The temperature and ratio of charcoal must be carefully controlled to keep the iron from absorbing too much carbon.