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DOI	10.1177/0959683620950449
	Monumental landscapes of the Holocene humid period in Northern Arabia: The mustatil phenomenon
	Groucutt, Huw S.; Breeze, Paul S.; Guagnin, Maria; Stewart, Mathew; Drake, Nick; Shipton, Ceri; Zahrani, Badr; Al Omarfi, Abdulaziz; Alsharekh, Abdullah M.; Petraglia, Michael D.
通讯作者	Groucutt, HS
来源期刊	HOLOCENE
ISSN	0959-6836
EISSN	1477-0911
出版年	2020
卷号	30 期号:12 页码:1767-1779
英文摘要	Between 10 and six thousand years ago the Arabian Peninsula saw the most recent of the 'Green Arabia' periods, when increased rainfall transformed this generally arid region. The transition to the Neolithic in Arabia occurred during this period of climatic amelioration. Various forms of stone structures are abundant in northern Arabia, and it has been speculated that some of these dated to the Neolithic, but there has been little research on their character and chronology. Here we report a study of 104 'mustatil' stone structures from the southern margins of the Nefud Desert in northern Arabia. We provide the first chronometric age estimate for this type of structure - a radiocarbon date of ca. 5000 BC - and describe their landscape positions, architecture and associated material culture and faunal remains. The structure we have dated is the oldest large-scale stone structure known from the Arabian Peninsula. The mustatil phenomenon represents a remarkable development of monumental architecture, as hundreds of these structures were built in northwest Arabia. This 'monumental landscape' represents one of the earliest large-scale forms of monumental stone structure construction anywhere in the world. Further research is needed to understand the function of these structures, but we hypothesise that they were related to rituals in the context of the adoption of pastoralism and resulting territoriality in the challenging environments of northern Arabia.
英文关键词	archaeology climate change human-environment interaction Neolithic pastoralism territoriality
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	hybrid, Green Published
收录类别	SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000560413700001
WOS关键词	SAUDI-ARABIA ; MIDDLE HOLOCENE ; EASTERN BADIA ; DESERT KITES ; WISAD POOLS ; ROCK ART ; OLD MEN ; OCCUPATION ; EXPANSION ; SITE
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
来源机构	University of London
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/325669
作者单位	[Groucutt, Huw S.; Stewart, Mathew] Max Planck Inst Chem Ecol, Extreme Events Res Grp, Hans Knoll Str 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany; [Groucutt, Huw S.; Guagnin, Maria; Stewart, Mathew; Petraglia, Michael D.] Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Dept Archaeol, Jena, Germany; [Groucutt, Huw S.; Stewart, Mathew] Max Planck Inst Biogeochem, Jena, Germany; [Breeze, Paul S.; Drake, Nick] Kings Coll London, Dept Geog, London, England; [Shipton, Ceri] Australian Natl Univ, Coll Asia & Pacific, Ctr Excellence Australian Biodivers & Heritage, Canberra, ACT, Australia; [Shipton, Ceri] UCL, Inst Archaeol, London, England; [Zahrani, Badr; Al Omarfi, Abdulaziz] Minist Tourism Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; [Alsharekh, Abdullah M.] King Saudi Univ, Coll Tourism & Archaeol, Dept Archaeol, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; [Petraglia, Michael D.] Smithsonian Inst, Human Origins Program, Washington, DC 20560 USA; [Petraglia, Michael D.] Univ Queensland, Sch Social Sci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Groucutt, Huw S.,Breeze, Paul S.,Guagnin, Maria,et al. Monumental landscapes of the Holocene humid period in Northern Arabia: The mustatil phenomenon[J]. University of London,2020,30(12):1767-1779.
APA	Groucutt, Huw S..,Breeze, Paul S..,Guagnin, Maria.,Stewart, Mathew.,Drake, Nick.,...&Petraglia, Michael D..(2020).Monumental landscapes of the Holocene humid period in Northern Arabia: The mustatil phenomenon.HOLOCENE,30(12),1767-1779.
MLA	Groucutt, Huw S.,et al."Monumental landscapes of the Holocene humid period in Northern Arabia: The mustatil phenomenon".HOLOCENE 30.12(2020):1767-1779.