Records of former lake and wetland development in present day arid/hyper-arid
environments provide an important source of information for palaeoclimatic and …

The function of prehistoric dogs in hunting is not readily visible in the archaeological record;
interpretations are thus heavily reliant on ethnographic data and remain controversial. Here …

Since the 1970s, monumental stone structures now called mustatil have been documented
across Saudi Arabia. However, it was not until 2017 that the first intensive and systematic …

Rock art is a widespread cultural heritage, representing an immovable element of the
material culture created on natural rocky supports. Paintings and petroglyphs can be found …

Rare mitochondrial lineages with relict distributions can sometimes be disproportionately
informative about deep events in human prehistory. We have studied one such lineage …

North-western Arabia is marked by thousands of prehistoric stone structures. Of these, the
monumental, rectilinear type known as mustatils has received only limited attention. Recent …

Archaeological surveys and excavations in the Jebel Oraf palaeolake basin, north-western
Saudi Arabia, have identified a well-preserved early-to mid-Holocene landscape. Two types …

Archaeologists have long emphasized the importance of large-scale excavations and multi-
year or even decades-long projects at a single site or site complex. Here, we highlight …

The animal species depicted in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia, provide a record of
Holocene climatic changes, as seen by the engravers. Of 1903 animal engravings, 1514 …

Monumental rectangular stone structures called mustatils are an important emerging feature
of the Holocene archaeological record of northwestern Arabia. To date, few have been …