entity · network_oman_gulf_exchange
Southeast Arabian Gulf exchange network
Changing exchange relationships linking Omani production, tombs, oases and Gulf-facing communities.
Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · supports distribution
The Early Iron Age Collective Tomb LCG-1 at Dibba al-Bayah, Oman: Long-distance Exchange and Cross-cultural Interaction — Dennys Frenez, Francesco Genchi, Hélène David-Cuny, Sultan al-Bakri (2021)Provides multi-regional material evidence.
Locator: Assemblage and exchange analysis - informs · contextualizes
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 production evidence and constraints.
Locator: Raki 2 regional metallurgy discussion
Research description
The network is reconstructed from materials, objects and production evidence. It avoids a single-arrow trade route and leaves direct versus indirect transfer open.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
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 production evidence and constraints.
Locator: Raki 2 regional metallurgy discussion - supports · supports distribution
The Early Iron Age Collective Tomb LCG-1 at Dibba al-Bayah, Oman: Long-distance Exchange and Cross-cultural Interaction — Dennys Frenez, Francesco Genchi, Hélène David-Cuny, Sultan al-Bakri (2021)Provides multi-regional material evidence.
Locator: Assemblage and exchange analysis
Referenced records
- Oman Hajar and interior oases · entity
- Gulf interaction zone · entity