Metal Tools and Weapons

The dry atmosphere of Sistan allowed us to find a variety of tools made of iron, bronze, and copper, though the environment of the surface in the survey area meant that most metal implements were destroyed after only a brief time on the ground. These objects included a bronze juglet, decorated metal pins, keys, bells, and weaponry such as arrowheads and spears. More important were the byproducts of metal production, copper slag, which we found in large quantities at and near Jali Robat in the southwest corner of the survey area near the border with Pakistan, where metal production has probably occurred since the Bronze Age.