New insights into early MIS 5 lithic technological behavior in the Levant: Nesher Ramla, Israel as a case study

M Prévost, Y Zaidner - PloS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Interpreting human behavioral patterns during the Middle Paleolithic in the Levant is crucial
for better understanding the dispersals and evolution of Homo sapiens and their possible …

Fluvial deposits as an archive of early human activity: progress during the 20 years of the Fluvial Archives Group

PR Chauhan, DR Bridgland, MH Moncel… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fluvial sedimentary archives are important repositories for Lower and Middle Palaeolithic
artefacts throughout the 'Old World', especially in Europe, where the beginning of their study …

Middle Pleistocene vertebrate fossils from the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia: Implications for biogeography and palaeoecology

CM Stimpson, A Lister, A Parton, L Clark-Balzan… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The current paucity of Pleistocene vertebrate records from the Arabian Peninsula–a
landmass of over 3 million km 2–is a significant gap in our knowledge of the Quaternary …

[HTML][HTML] Coring, profiling, and trenching: Archaeological field strategies for investigating the Pleistocene-Holocene-Anthropocene continuum

TC Rick, AM Alsharekh, TJ Braje, A Crowther… - Quaternary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Archaeologists have long emphasized the importance of large-scale excavations and multi-
year or even decades-long projects at a single site or site complex. Here, we highlight …

Beyond arrows on a map: The dynamics of Homo sapiens dispersal and occupation of Arabia during Marine Isotope Stage 5

SL Nicholson, R Hosfield, HS Groucutt… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Arabia occupies a crucial central position between Africa and Eurasia. The northward
expansion of the monsoonal rain-belt and the formation of grasslands during Marine Isotope …

Middle Palaeolithic raw material procurement and early stage reduction at Jubbah, Saudi Arabia

HS Groucutt, EML Scerri, K Amor, C Shipton… - … Research in Asia, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Several hundred Middle Palaeolithic (MP) archaeological sites have now been
identified in the Arabian Peninsula. However, the study of lithic raw material properties and …

Middle-late Quaternary palaeoclimate variability from lake and wetland deposits in the Nefud Desert, Northern Arabia

A Parton, L Clark-Balzan, AG Parker… - Quaternary Science …, 2018 - Elsevier
Records of former lake and wetland development in present day arid/hyper-arid
environments provide an important source of information for palaeoclimatic and …

[PDF][PDF] Green Arabia: Human prehistory at the crossroads of continents

MD Petraglia, A Parton, HS Groucutt… - Quaternary …, 2015 - pure.mpg.de
The Arabian Peninsula should play a central role in understanding the biological and
cultural legacy of humanity, as the region is at the crossroads between Africa and Asia …

Lakes or wetlands? A comment on 'The middle Holocene climatic records from Arabia: Reassessing lacustrine environments, shift of ITCZ in Arabian Sea, and impacts …

M Engel, A Matter, AG Parker, A Parton… - Global and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Enzel et al.(2015) reassess sedimentary records of Early to Mid-Holocene lake sites
in Arabia based on a reinterpretation of published multiproxy data and a qualitative analysis …

Prehistory and palaeoenvironments of the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia

PS Breeze, HS Groucutt, NA Drake, J Louys… - … Research in Asia, 2017 - Elsevier
Mid-latitude dune fields offer significant records of human occupations in southwest Asia,
reflecting human responses to past climate changes. Currently arid, but episodically wetter …