Cast, Not Carved · claim GEO-C561 · Mechanism rung · Ingredients and feasibility
In-situ alkali production from kelp and seaweed burning could have supplied casting-scale natron demand on Easter Island — which has no natural natron deposits — making the island's documented deforestation a candidate resource signature of the technology.
source anchor
Fóti Ch 8, pp ~193–195
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