entity · site_raki_2
Raki 2
Large Early Iron Age copper-smelting settlement in southeastern Arabia.
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.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: range
- informs · 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 main archaeometallurgical evidence.
Locator: Raki 2 site description, slag estimates and chronological discussion - informs · 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 mapping of the industrial landscape and its limitations.
Locator: Raki field validation and slag-mapping results
Research description
Raki 2 contains extensive slag and settlement evidence. The site demonstrates substantial production but does not identify all ore sources, output destinations, ownership or year-by-year continuity.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Copper production evidence
Marks direct archaeological or scientific evidence for copper smelting or production.
Why does this record have this property?
Large slag deposits and industrial settlement evidence establish copper production, while destination and ownership remain open.
- Methodological Advances in Understanding Environmental Constraints on Sustainability and Industrial Periodicity of Ancient Copper Smelting in Southeast Arabia
provides archaeological observation · Raki 2 results - Detecting and Mapping Slag Heaps at Ancient Copper Production Sites in Oman
supports distribution · Raki field mapping
Evidence and 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 main archaeometallurgical evidence.
Locator: Raki 2 site description, slag estimates and chronological discussion - 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 mapping of the industrial landscape and its limitations.
Locator: Raki field validation and slag-mapping results
Referenced records
- Oman Hajar and interior oases · entity