claim · claim_raki_large_scale_copper_production
Raki 2 provides direct evidence for a large Early Iron Age copper-smelting settlement and an extensive slag landscape.
Raki 2 provides direct evidence for a large Early Iron Age copper-smelting settlement and an extensive slag landscape.
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Evidence and sources
Supporting sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Methodological Advances in Understanding Environmental Constraints on Sustainability and Industrial Periodicity of Ancient Copper Smelting in Southeast Arabia — Amir Zaribaf, Joseph W. Lehner, Abigail Buffington, Ioana A. Dumitru, Smiti Nathan, Paige Paulsen, Alexander J. Sivitskis, Eli Dollarhide, Michael J. Harrower (2025)Provides the primary evidence.
Locator: Raki 2 settlement, slag estimate and industrial analysis - supports · supports distribution
Detecting and Mapping Slag Heaps at Ancient Copper Production Sites in Oman — Alexander J. Sivitskis, Joseph W. Lehner, Michael J. Harrower, Ioana A. Dumitru, Paige E. Paulsen, Smiti Nathan, Daniel R. Viete, Suleiman Al-Jabri, Barbara Helwing, Frances Wiig, Daniel Moraetis, Bernhard Pracejus (2019)Supports the industrial landscape extent.
Locator: Raki field mapping
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Referenced records
- Raki 2 · entity
- Large-scale copper smelting at Raki 2 · event