An Project On Water Resources

An Project On Water Resources

Objective: This project focuses on water resources in the region of ancient Eastern Arabia at the site of As Safah, Oman. This site has archaeological evidence of metallurgical activities in the Iron Age (c. 900–600 BCE), like kilns, furnaces and metal objects, still in very good condition. However, the site is very far away from any natural water sources in the present day. Excavators did find sediment and fluvial deposits suggesting that occasionally in the past the site had an inflow of water (Genchi, Giardino, and Castelluccia 8). The objective of this project was to use satellite imagery to understand why this site was chosen for intensive metal production despite it distance from water, necessary for metal production. This ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...Later that year and throughout 2013, excavators worked on the site, conducting surveys and digging test trenches. Excavators found kilns and furnaces, layers of floor, and metal objects, like ax heads, swords, daggers, and sledgehammer heads in very good condition. Excavators believe it is a very well preserved site because of the formation and rapid movement of the desert sands which covered up the site relatively quickly after it was abandoned (Genchi, Giardino, and Castelluccia 3–4). Sites with similar metal deposits dating to approximately the same time have been found in the region, at Ibri, for example, 50 km west of As Safah (Yule 39–40). The site itself has been delineated into As Safah 1 and 2 based upon the deposit of material found on either side of a large dune belt (Genchi, Giardino, and Castelluccia 3). As Safah 1 measures approximately 80,000 m2 and As Safah 2 measures approximately 17 hectares (Genchi, Giardino, and Castelluccia 11). The surrounding area is made up of a wadi and dune deposits and the annual precipitation is less than 50 mm. As a result, large amounts of rainfall will cause flash floods in this and surrounding low areas (Genchi, Giardino, and Castelluccia 5–6). The site does not appear to be close to a fruitful water source. The entire region is hyperarid and not conducive to farming. The rain comes erratically by the year, some years being better than others (Potts 165). The location does offers other advantages which

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