Middle Palaeolithic and Neolithic Occupations around Mundafan Palaeolake, Saudi Arabia: Implications for Climate Change and Human Dispersals

Crassard, Rémy; D. Petraglia, Michael; Drake, Nick; S. Breeze, Paul; Gratuze, Bernard; Alsharekh, Abdullah; Arbach, Mounir; S. Groucutt, Huw; Khalidi, Lamya; Michelsen, Nils; Julien Robin, Christian; Schiettecatte, Jérémie

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069665

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Middle Palaeolithic and Neolithic Occupations around Mundafan Palaeolake, Saudi Arabia: Implications for Climate Change and Human Dispersals

Published in PLoS ONE • Jul 24, 2013

Authors:

Rémy Crassard

Michael D. Petraglia

Nick Drake

Abstract

The Arabian Peninsula is a key region for understanding climate change and human occupation history in a marginal environment. The Mundafan palaeolake is situated in southern Saudi Arabia, in the Rub' al-Khali (the 'Empty Quarter'), the world's largest sand desert. Here we report the first discoveri...

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Peninsula

Archaeology

Geography

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