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  • Human occupation of the northern Arabian interior during early Marine Isotope Stage 3

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    Petraglia1076827-Accepted.pdf (628.1Kb)
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    Author(s)
    Jennings, Richard P
    Parton, Ash
    Clark-Balzan, Laine
    White, Tom S
    Groucutt, Huw S
    Breeze, Paul S
    Parker, Adrian G
    Drake, Nick A
    Petraglia, Michael D
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Petraglia, Michael
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    The early part of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 (ca. 60–50 ka) is a crucial period for studying human demography and behaviour in south-west Asia, and how these relate to climatic changes. However, the archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records for MIS 3 in critical areas such as the Arabian Peninsula remain poorly developed. Here, we present findings from the Al Marrat basin in the Nefud desert, which provides the first clear evidence for both increased humidity and human occupation of the interior of northern Arabia during early MIS 3. A Middle Palaeolithic assemblage, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to ca. ...
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    The early part of Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 3 (ca. 60–50 ka) is a crucial period for studying human demography and behaviour in south-west Asia, and how these relate to climatic changes. However, the archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records for MIS 3 in critical areas such as the Arabian Peninsula remain poorly developed. Here, we present findings from the Al Marrat basin in the Nefud desert, which provides the first clear evidence for both increased humidity and human occupation of the interior of northern Arabia during early MIS 3. A Middle Palaeolithic assemblage, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to ca. 55 ka, was found stratified within a sequence of relict palustrine deposits indicative of shallow water body formation in the Al Marrat basin. Hominin presence in northern Arabia at this time coincides with the intensification and northward displacement of monsoon rainfall systems during a period of maximum insolation. These findings add to a growing corpus of palaeoenvironmental evidence, which indicates that the Arabian interior was neither arid nor unpopulated during early MIS 3, and that hydrodynamic responses to enhanced moisture availability facilitated demographic expansions into the Arabian interior.
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    Journal Title
    Journal of Quaternary Science
    Volume
    31
    Issue
    8
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2920
    Copyright Statement
    © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Human occupation of the northern Arabian interior during early Marine Isotope Stage 3, Journal of Quaternary Science, 2016, 31 (8), pp. 953-966, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2920. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.
    Subject
    Geology
    Physical geography and environmental geoscience
    Archaeology
    Science & Technology
    Physical Sciences
    Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
    Physical Geography
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/412883
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