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DOI	10.1016/j.jaridenv.2023.104951
	The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods
	Mateiciucova, Inna; Wilding, Maximilian; Otava, Jiri; Sindelar, Jiri
通讯作者	Mateiciucová, I
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS
ISSN	0140-1963
EISSN	1095-922X
出版年	2023
卷号	212
英文摘要	Regarding the question of the survival of prehistoric hominin groups in the Arabian Peninsula during arid phases, the geology of karst appears to be an important factor. This is made clear by the karst springs, wadi pools and sediment-filled karst depressions (dolines and poljes) found at higher elevation within the central Al-Hajar Mts. Setting out at the zero point of prehistoric mountain archaeology in Oman, relevant information from hy-drogeology, botany, zoology and oases horticulture is compiled and reviewed. The immediate concern is to provide proof for the assumption that karst lithology in the Kawr-Akhdar Area has been able to compensate for some of the negatives of unreliable rainfall in the mountains of northern Oman. Combining the evidence of the survival of endemic lifeforms with the feasibility of mountain oases, we conclude that long before the harnessing of karst-hydrological features by an oasis economy (in Iron Age 2), surface water has been available in the central and eastern Al-Hajar Mts at elevations higher than 1000 m a.s.l. in an amount to meet the needs of mobile foraging-pastoral groups. From our own study of sediment-filled karst-depressions with lithic scatters at ca. 1000 m a.s.l. on the inner side of the Jebel Kawr, we deduce a hydro-logically advantageous effect of aeolian sediment on the fractured karst, here on the southern slope of the mountain chain (Kawr Exotic). In this view, quantities of moisture-storing silt progressively began sealing the karst depressions, allowing them to retain surface water and vegetation high up in steep and rugged mountain terrain. Karst formations evidently provided the barren central and eastern Al-Hajar Mts with insular water and sediment locations (huyul, singular hayl), which helped prehistoric groups to cope with phases of aridization. Based on this, we propose the Al-Hajar Mts as a viable prehistoric refugium.
英文关键词	Mountain archaeology Karst Prehistoric refugium South-eastern Arabia Al-Hajar mountains Aridization
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001004945000001
WOS关键词	SULTANATE-OF-OMAN ; NORTHERN OMAN ; PERSIAN-GULF ; MANAGEMENT ; EVOLUTION ; RAINFALL ; SHARJAH ; CONSERVATION ; ARCHAEOLOGY ; SETTLEMENT
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/397144
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Mateiciucova, Inna,Wilding, Maximilian,Otava, Jiri,et al. The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods[J],2023,212.
APA	Mateiciucova, Inna,Wilding, Maximilian,Otava, Jiri,&Sindelar, Jiri.(2023).The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods.JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS,212.
MLA	Mateiciucova, Inna,et al."The Al-Hajar Mts as a prehistoric refugium? On the habitability of karst mountain places in Oman during arid climate periods".JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS 212(2023).