Rehren, THH;
Esposti, M;
Renzi, M;
(2016)
Iron Age metallurgy at Salūt (Sultanate of Oman): a preliminary note.
In:
Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studie.
(pp. pp. 81-88).
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd: Oxford, UK.
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Abstract
Extensive excavations at the Iron Age site of Salūt, near Bisyā in central Oman, revealed a complex architecture, allowing the reconstruction of a long history of building activities and rearrangements. Among the discovered structures, none can clearly be associated to metal production, although a small vertical furnace could be tentatively interpreted as a metallurgical structure, possibly used for small-scale copper/bronze remelting. The presence of charcoalrich deposits, metal scraps, and stored broken objects in its vicinity also points in this direction. A selection of these items, together with some plano-convex ingots from other contexts within the site, has been analysed and the preliminary results are outlined here. The significance of this work is underlined by the current dearth of data on Iron Age metallurgy in the Oman peninsula, compared to comprehensive studies of Bronze Age metal production, when the land of Magan was widely renowned for its wealth of copper ores.
Type: | Proceedings paper |
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Title: | Iron Age metallurgy at Salūt (Sultanate of Oman): a preliminary note |
ISBN-13: | 978-1-78491-364-9 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
Publisher version: | http://www.archaeopress.com/Public/displayProductD... |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Iron Age, Salūt, south-east Arabia, archaeometallurgy, copper working |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology > Institute of Archaeology Gordon Square UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > VP: International > UCL - Qatar |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1549701 |
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