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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.05.024
	Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah, western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia
	Stewart, Mathew 1,13; Louys, Julien 2; Groucutt, Huw S.3,4; Candy, Ian 5; Clark-Wilson, Richard 5; Breeze, Paul S.6; Drake, Nick A.4,6; Price, Gilbert J.7; Al-Mufarreh, Yahya S. A.8; Soubhi, Saleh A.8; Zalmout, Iyad S.8; Alsharekh, Abdullah M.9; al Omani, Abdulaziz 10; Petraglia, Michael D.4,11,12
通讯作者	Stewart, Mathew
来源期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
EISSN	1873-457X
出版年	2019
卷号	218 页码:228-253
英文摘要	In recent years, the Arabian Peninsula has emerged as a key region for elucidating hominin and faunal evolution and dispersals between Africa and Eurasia. Central to this research is the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah (TAG) which has yielded a diverse and abundant fossil faunal assemblage and the earliest chronometrically dated evidence for hominins in this part of the world. Here, we present the first detailed taphonomic study of the large Unit 5 fossil assemblage from the site. We aim to assess which actors were responsible for the accumulation of the assemblage and evaluate evidence that might be consistent with the accumulation of fauna by hominins. We also describe, for the first time, fossils and lithic artefacts from stratigraphic horizons not previously considered, providing taphonomic insights into their accumulation. The taphonomic work shows that the Unit 5 faunal assemblage was accumulated by ambush predators, likely large felids and hominins, in a lake side environment, and that carcasses were subsequently scavenged by more durophagus carnivores such as hyenas and canids. Less can be reliably said regarding the newly described fossil assemblages given their poor preservation and significant wind abrasion, but large carnivores again appear to have played a role, and hominins probably played a role in the accumulation of at least one of these. This study provides the first detail insights into the interplay between hominins, carnivores, and herbivores in Arabia, and suggests that watering holes have been a focus on the Arabian landscape for resources since the middle Pleistocene. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Arabia Butchery Carnivore Serial predation Archaeology Middle Palaeolithic
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Australia ; Germany ; England ; Saudi Arabia ; USA
开放获取类型	Green Published
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000480378000017
WOS关键词	OLDUVAI-GORGE ; MORTALITY PROFILES ; BONE-DENSITY ; ARCHAEOFAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES ; HAMMERSTONE PERCUSSION ; CARNIVORE COMPETITION ; CARCASS CONSUMPTION ; FAUNAL ASSEMBLAGES ; PREY PREFERENCES ; HUMID PERIODS
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
来源机构	King Saud University ; University of London
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/218280
作者单位	1.Univ New South Wales, Palaeontol Geobiol & Earth Arch Res Ctr, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; 2.Griffith Univ, Environm Futures Res Inst, ARCHE, Nathan, Qld, Australia; 3.Max Planck Inst Chem Ecol, Extreme Events Res Grp, Hans Knoll Str 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany; 4.Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Dept Archaeol, Kahla Str 10, D-07745 Jena, Germany; 5.Royal Holloway Univ London, Dept Geog, London, England; 6.Kings Coll London, Dept Geog, London, England; 7.Univ Queensland, Sch Earth & Environm Sci, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia; 8.Saudi Geol Survey, Palaeontol Dept, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 9.King Saud Univ, Dept Archaeol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 10.Saudi Commiss Tourism & Natl Heritage, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 11.Smithsonian Inst, Human Origins Program, Washington, DC 20560 USA; 12.Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia; 13.Univ New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stewart, Mathew,Louys, Julien,Groucutt, Huw S.,et al. Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah, western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia[J]. King Saud University, University of London,2019,218:228-253.
APA	Stewart, Mathew.,Louys, Julien.,Groucutt, Huw S..,Candy, Ian.,Clark-Wilson, Richard.,...&Petraglia, Michael D..(2019).Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah, western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,218,228-253.
MLA	Stewart, Mathew,et al."Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah, western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 218(2019):228-253.