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DOI	10.1017/qua.2020.6
	A taxonomic and taphonomic study of Pleistocene fossil deposits from the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia
	Stewart, Mathew 1,2; Louys, Julien 3; Breeze, Paul 4; Clark-Wilson, Richard 5; Drake, Nick 4,6; Scerri, Eleanor M. L.6,7; Zalmout, Iyad S.8; Al-Mufarreh, Yahya S. A.8; Soubhi, Saleh A.8; Haptari, Mohammad A.8; Alsharekh, Abdullah M.9; Groucutt, Huw S.1,6; Petraglia, Michael D.6,10,11
通讯作者	Stewart, Mathew
来源期刊	QUATERNARY RESEARCH
ISSN	0033-5894
EISSN	1096-0287
出版年	2020
卷号	95 页码:1-22
英文摘要	Over the past decade, a growing interest has developed on the archaeology, palaeontology, and palaeoenvironments of the Arabian Peninsula. It is now clear that hominins repeatedly dispersed into Arabia, notably during pluvial interglacial periods when much of the peninsula was characterised by a semiarid grassland environment. During the intervening glacial phases, however, grasslands were replaced with arid and hyperarid deserts. These millennial-scale climatic fluctuations have subjected bones and fossils to a dramatic suite of environmental conditions, affecting their fossilisation and preservation. Yet, as relatively few palaeontological assemblages have been reported from the Pleistocene of Arabia, our understanding of the preservational pathways that skeletal elements can take in these types of environments is lacking. Here, we report the first widespread taxonomic and taphonomic assessment of Arabian fossil deposits. Novel fossil fauna are described and overall the fauna are consistent with a well-watered semiarid grassland environment. Likewise, the taphonomic results suggest that bones were deposited under more humid conditions than present in the region today. However, fossils often exhibit significant attrition, obscuring and fragmenting most finds. These are likely tied to wind abrasion, insolation, and salt weathering following fossilisation and exhumation, processes particularly prevalent in desert environments.
英文关键词	Arabian Peninsula Desert Taphonomy Weathering Wind abrasion Insolation Hippopotamus
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Germany ; Australia ; England ; Saudi Arabia ; USA
开放获取类型	Green Published, hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000531662000001
WOS关键词	HUMID PERIODS ; AMBOSELI PARK ; NAFUD DESERT ; MIDDLE ; BONE ; PATTERNS ; HOMINID ; SITE ; DISPERSALS ; ASSEMBLAGE
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 ; University of Oxford
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/319001
作者单位	1.Max Planck Inst Chem Ecol, Extreme Events Res Grp, Hans Knoll Str 8, Jena 07745, Germany; 2.Univ New South Wales, Sch Biol Earth & Environm Sci, Palaeontol Geobiol & Earth Archives Res Ctr, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia; 3.Griffith Univ, Environm Futures Res Inst, ARCHE, Nathan, Qld 4111, Australia; 4.Kings Coll London, Dept Geog, London, England; 5.Royal Holloway Univ London, Dept Geog, London, England; 6.Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Dept Archaeol, Kahla Str 10, D-07743 Jena, Germany; 7.Univ Oxford, Sch Archaeol, 36 Beaumont St, Oxford OX1 2PG, England; 8.Saudi Geol Survey, Palaeontol Dept, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 9.King Saud Univ, Dept Archaeol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 10.Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Human Origins Program, Washington, DC 20560 USA; 11.Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stewart, Mathew,Louys, Julien,Breeze, Paul,et al. A taxonomic and taphonomic study of Pleistocene fossil deposits from the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia[J]. King Saud University, University of London, University of Oxford,2020,95:1-22.
APA	Stewart, Mathew.,Louys, Julien.,Breeze, Paul.,Clark-Wilson, Richard.,Drake, Nick.,...&Petraglia, Michael D..(2020).A taxonomic and taphonomic study of Pleistocene fossil deposits from the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia.QUATERNARY RESEARCH,95,1-22.
MLA	Stewart, Mathew,et al."A taxonomic and taphonomic study of Pleistocene fossil deposits from the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia".QUATERNARY RESEARCH 95(2020):1-22.