causal hypothesis · hyp_salut_water_management_supports_oasis_intensification
Water harvesting and storage supported Salūt oasis intensification
The combination of wells, storage, runoff capture and terraces increased the reliability of cultivation and settlement at Salūt during the Early Iron Age.
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Research assessment
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The combination of wells, storage, runoff capture and terraces increased the reliability of cultivation and settlement at Salūt during the Early Iron Age.chronology test
Early water features must precede or accompany the settlement and cultivation expansion; later aflaj cannot be used as the initiating mechanism for 1600–800 BCE.geography test
The proposed mechanism should be visible at Salūt IA, ST1 and nearby cultivation surfaces rather than inferred across all Oman oases.supporting evidence
- Provides the geoarchaeological mechanism and later-falaj distinction.
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- informs · proposes interpretation
Bronze Age to Early Iron Age Water Harvesting and Management in the Ancient Oasis of Salūt (Bisya, Sultanate of Oman) — Michele Degli Esposti, Mauro Cremaschi, Andrea Zerboni (2025)Provides the geoarchaeological mechanism and later-falaj distinction.
Locator: Water-management reconstruction and oasis discussion
Referenced records
- Early Iron Age water harvesting and cultivation at Salūt · event
- Salūt IA · entity
- Salūt ST1 · entity