Khirbat en-Nahas3D Model
Khirbat en-Nahas (KEN) is the largest Iron Age (ca. 1200-800 BCE) copper smelting site in the Faynan region of southern Jordan. The site was excavated between 2002 and 2009 by the Edom Lowlands Regional Archaeology Project. This model features a digital reconstruction of one mound of slag, a byproduct of copper smelting, since the excavation in this area (Area M) had collapsed at the time of producing the site-wide model. This site features 50-60,000 tonnes of copper slag.
Site photography and model by Matthew D. Howland. Area M photography by ELRAP team. Area M model by Brady Liss and Matthew D. Howland. Combined Model by Brady Liss, Matthew D. Howland, Tony Tamberino, and Scott McAvoy.
Further Reading: Levy, T. E., Adams, R. B., Najjar, M., Hauptmann, A., Anderson, J. D., Brandl, B., Robinson, M. A. & Higham, T. (2004). Reassessing the chronology of Biblical Edom: new excavations and 14C dates from Khirbat en-Nahas (Jordan). Antiquity, 78(302), 865-879
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