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DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0049840
Hominin Dispersal into the Nefud Desert and Middle Palaeolithic Settlement along the Jubbah Palaeolake, Northern Arabia
Petraglia, Michael D.1,2; Alsharekh, Abdullah3,4; Breeze, Paul5; Clarkson, Chris6; Crassard, Remy7; Drake, Nick A.5; Groucutt, Huw S.1; Jennings, Richard8; Parker, Adrian G.9; Parton, Ash9; Roberts, Richard G.10; Shipton, Ceri6; Matheson, Carney11; al-Omari, Abdulaziz12; Veall, Margaret-Ashley11
通讯作者Petraglia, Michael D.
来源期刊PLOS ONE
ISSN1932-6203
出版年2012
卷号7期号:11
英文摘要

The Arabian Peninsula is a key region for understanding hominin dispersals and the effect of climate change on prehistoric demography, although little information on these topics is presently available owing to the poor preservation of archaeological sites in this desert environment. Here, we describe the discovery of three stratified and buried archaeological sites in the Nefud Desert, which includes the oldest dated occupation for the region. The stone tool assemblages are identified as a Middle Palaeolithic industry that includes Levallois manufacturing methods and the production of tools on flakes. Hominin occupations correspond with humid periods, particularly Marine Isotope Stages 7 and 5 of the Late Pleistocene. The Middle Palaeolithic occupations were situated along the Jubbah palaeolake-shores, in a grassland setting with some trees. Populations procured different raw materials across the lake region to manufacture stone tools, using the implements to process plants and animals. To reach the Jubbah palaeolake, Middle Palaeolithic populations travelled into the ameliorated Nefud Desert interior, possibly gaining access from multiple directions, either using routes from the north and west (the Levant and the Sinai), the north (the Mesopotamian plains and the Euphrates basin), or the east (the Persian Gulf). The Jubbah stone tool assemblages have their own suite of technological characters, but have types reminiscent of both African Middle Stone Age and Levantine Middle Palaeolithic industries. Comparative inter-regional analysis of core technology indicates morphological similarities with the Levantine Tabun C assemblage, associated with human fossils controversially identified as either Neanderthals or Homo sapiens.


类型Article
语种英语
国家England ; USA ; Saudi Arabia ; Australia ; France ; Ireland ; Canada
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号WOS:000311333800055
WOS关键词HOMO-SAPIENS ; MODERN HUMANS ; UPPER PLEISTOCENE ; HUMAN-POPULATIONS ; SOUTHERN ROUTE ; AFRICA ; SINGLE ; EAST ; ASIA ; SPELEOTHEMS
WOS类目Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
来源机构King Saud University ; University of London ; University of Oxford
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/174574
作者单位1.Univ Oxford, Res Lab Archaeol & Hist Art, Sch Archaeol, Oxford, England;
2.Smithsonian Inst, Human Origins Program, Washington, DC 20560 USA;
3.King Saud Univ, Dept Archaeol, Coll Tourism & Archaeol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
4.Minist Higher Educ, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;
5.Kings Coll London, Dept Geog, London WC2R 2LS, England;
6.Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia;
7.CNRS, Lyon, France;
8.Natl Univ Ireland Univ Coll Cork, Dept Archaeol, Cork, Ireland;
9.Oxford Brookes Univ, Dept Geog & Anthropol, Oxford OX3 0BP, England;
10.Univ Wollongong, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, Ctr Archaeol Sci, Wollongong, NSW, Australia;
11.Lakehead Univ, Dept Anthropol, Paleo DNA Lab, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1, Canada;
12.Taif Antiqu Off, Saudi Gen Commiss Tourism & Antiqu, At Taif, Saudi Arabia
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Petraglia, Michael D.,Alsharekh, Abdullah,Breeze, Paul,et al. Hominin Dispersal into the Nefud Desert and Middle Palaeolithic Settlement along the Jubbah Palaeolake, Northern Arabia[J]. King Saud University, University of London, University of Oxford,2012,7(11).
APA Petraglia, Michael D..,Alsharekh, Abdullah.,Breeze, Paul.,Clarkson, Chris.,Crassard, Remy.,...&Veall, Margaret-Ashley.(2012).Hominin Dispersal into the Nefud Desert and Middle Palaeolithic Settlement along the Jubbah Palaeolake, Northern Arabia.PLOS ONE,7(11).
MLA Petraglia, Michael D.,et al."Hominin Dispersal into the Nefud Desert and Middle Palaeolithic Settlement along the Jubbah Palaeolake, Northern Arabia".PLOS ONE 7.11(2012).
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