Lithic raw material properties are often invoked to explain the presence, absence, form, or
ontogeny of Paleolithic stone tools. Here, we explore whether the frequency of the Middle …

The Nafūn shell midden complex is a cluster of eight shell mounds in al-Wusṭā Governorate
(south-central Oman). Located 40 km north of Duqm, the shell midden is part of a unique …

Lithic projectile points always had an important diagnostic value for documenting the
development and expansion of Arabian Neolithic material culture (c. eighth–fourth …

Triliths are stone monuments distributed in the landscape throughout the coastal highlands
of southern Arabia, from Ḥaḍramawt in Yemen to Raʾs al-Ḥādd in Oman. They consist of …

Triliths are megalithic monuments scattered across the coastal plains of southern and
southeastern Arabia. They consist of aligned standing stones with a parallel row of large …

Our human evolutionary journey reached a crescendo shortly after the Last Glacial
Maximum. The world warmed, landscape carrying capacities soared, and sea levels …

Over the past decade, extensive surveys have been carried out in the wider area
surrounding the city of Duqm (south-central Oman). During fieldwork in 2023, research on …

In this chapter we explore the period of modern human emergence between 300 and 100
ka. It was during this interval that some hominin populations began to develop “modern” …

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Acknowledgements: We would like to thank the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, Sultanate of …