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The Paleolithic of Arabia in an Inter-regional Context

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The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia

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Very little is known about the Paleolithic of Arabia. In spite of surveys undertaken immediately after the initial exploration of this environmentally marginal region (e.g., Philby, 1933; Caton-Thompson, 1939) and a small but continuous trickle of prehistorians into Arabia over the past 60 years, knowledge of both Arabian Pleistocene occupations and paleoenvironments is woefully poor, compared to what is known about adjacent regions. The reasons for this are myriad, ranging from the absence of extant, large karstic caves with deeply stratified sediments (the highly preferred Paleolithic site type of the twentieth century), to truly difficult logistics, and, until recently, a lack of encouragement from local authorities. Still, prehistorians did try and virtually all found some materials they could attribute to the Paleolithic (e.g., Caton-Thompson, 1954; Van Beek et al., 1963; Gramly, 1971; Pullar, 1974; Inizan and Ortlieb, 1987; Whalen and Pease, 1990; McBrearty, 1993).

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Marks, A.E. (2010). The Paleolithic of Arabia in an Inter-regional Context. In: Petraglia, M., Rose, J. (eds) The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2719-1_20

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