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DOI	10.1016/j.ara.2017.02.001
	The Neolithic site of Jebel Oraf 2, northern Saudi Arabia: First report of a directly dated site with faunal remains
	Guagnin, Maria; Shipton, Ceri; Martin, Louise; Petraglia, Michael
通讯作者	Guagnin, M (corresponding author), Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Kahla Str 10, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
来源期刊	ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA
ISSN	2352-2267
EISSN	2352-2275
出版年	2017
卷号	9 页码:63-67
英文摘要	The archaeological record of the Arabian Neolithic remains extremely fragmentary. Archaeological sites containing faunal remains of early domesticates are extremely rare and only a few sites yielding these have been excavated in Yemen and along the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula. Neolithisation models have therefore had to infer population dynamics and subsistence changes across vast distances. Here we present the first report of a newly discovered Neolithic site in the Jubbah oasis, on the southern edge of the Nefud desert. The site is located on the margin of palaeolake deposits and consists of a large cluster of at least 170 visible hearths. Test excavation of two hearth features yielded radiocarbon ages between 5200 and 5070 BCE. Abundant lithics consisted of both ground and chipped stone artefacts, some of which recall the Pottery Neolithic in the Levant. Some 15 fragments of Bos dentition were also recovered. The age of the site raises the distinct possibility that the faunal remains represent domestic cattle. The nature of the site, with evidence for repeated occupation, may therefore indicate seasonal use by pastoralists. The site of Jebel Oraf 2 promises to fill a major geographic gap in our understanding of the Neolithisation process in Arabia. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Neolithic Saudi Arabia Arabian Peninsula Pastoralism Faunal remains Cattle Ground stone tools
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000413144900006
WOS关键词	EARLY HOLOCENE
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/361698
作者单位	[Guagnin, Maria; Petraglia, Michael] Max Planck Inst Sci Human Hist, Kahla Str 10, D-07745 Jena, Germany; [Shipton, Ceri] Univ Cambridge, McDonald Inst Archaeol Res, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3ER, England; [Martin, Louise] UCL, Inst Archaeol, 31-34 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PY, England; [Shipton, Ceri] British Inst Eastern Africa, Laikipia Rd, Nairobi, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guagnin, Maria,Shipton, Ceri,Martin, Louise,et al. The Neolithic site of Jebel Oraf 2, northern Saudi Arabia: First report of a directly dated site with faunal remains[J],2017,9:63-67.
APA	Guagnin, Maria,Shipton, Ceri,Martin, Louise,&Petraglia, Michael.(2017).The Neolithic site of Jebel Oraf 2, northern Saudi Arabia: First report of a directly dated site with faunal remains.ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA,9,63-67.
MLA	Guagnin, Maria,et al."The Neolithic site of Jebel Oraf 2, northern Saudi Arabia: First report of a directly dated site with faunal remains".ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN ASIA 9(2017):63-67.