학술논문
The Palaeolithic record of Abu Dhabi Emirate in the light of recent discoveries in the Eastern Region.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*MIDDLE Paleolithic Period
*PALEOLITHIC Period
*ARCHAEOLOGICAL geology
*RAW materials
*HOMINIDS
*PLEISTOCENE Epoch
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ISSN
0308-8421
Abstract
Since 2019 the intensification of fieldwork in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate, around Jebel Hafit and the al-Jaww plain resulted in the discovery of several Palaeolithic surface sites and find spots. The techno-typological spectrum of the collected lithic artefacts ranges from the Acheulian to the Upper/Late Palaeolithic. Geoarchaeological approaches identified the lithic raw material sources and explained local site-formation processes. The new sites fundamentally enhance our knowledge of the Palaeolithic record in Abu Dhabi Emirate, and contribute to the understanding of human dispersal in south-east Arabia. Together with a reassessment of the Middle Palaeolithic industry of Jebel Barakah, the new investigations support a model of recurring occupations throughout a significant part of the Pleistocene, first by archaic hominins and then by anatomically modern humans. The representation of the major Palaeolithic techno-complexes attested in adjacent areas of the Arabian Peninsula -- Acheulian, Middle Palaeolithic Levallois, and Upper/Late Palaeolithic platform core technology -- can now also be attested for the archaeological record of Abu Dhabi Emirate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]