The emerging picture of prehistoric Arabia suggests that early modern humans were able to
survive periodic hyperarid oscillations by contracting into environmental refugia around the …

A study of the ceramic assemblage of Beershebal Stratum II reveals that along with pottery
types that are well known from Judea and the Beersheba Valley, are several ceramic groups …

Beginning some 50 thousand years ago, a technological transition spread across the Near
East and into Eurasia, in the most general terms characterized by a shift from preferential …

The Akkadians' nomadic origins have generally been assumed. However, the conventional
prehistoric archaeological picture fails to illuminate those origins and the Akkadians' …

Take a glance at any world map and it is immediately apparent that Arabia occupies a
critical geographic position, linking Africa, Europe, and Asia. This singular point echoes …

The first of the two cultures is represented and described by an EB II site discovered and
excavated near Sheikh Muḥsen in central-southern Sinai. The site has the characteristics of …

The present article focuses on a long‐lasting phenomenon that has not yet been treated
from a regional and comparative perspective, despite its exceptional character: the walled …

Very little is known about the Paleolithic of Arabia. In spite of surveys undertaken
immediately after the initial exploration of this environmentally marginal region (eg, Philby …

A large U-shaped building made of stones discovered in 2011 at the top of a promontory in
Dûmat al-Jandal (modern Dumat, Saudi Arabia) is interpreted as a vast freestanding open …

Two reports on excavations carried out in 1985–1986 by archaeologist Khaled Abdulaziz al‐
Dayel and published in the journal Atlal (1988, 1986) have revealed the existence of …