Coastlines, submerged landscapes, and human evolution: The Red Sea Basin and the Farasan Islands

Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-160

  Bailey, Geoff N ^a   Flemming, Nic C ^b   King, Geoffrey C P ^c   Lambeck, Kurt ^d   Momber, Garry ^a,e   Moran, Lawrence J ^a   Al Sharekh, Abdullah ^f   Vita Finzi, Claudio ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Paleoclimate; Sea level change; Shell mounds; Tectonics; Underwater archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; HABITAT USE; HUMAN EVOLUTION; MOVEMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; RESOURCE USE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONICS;

AFRICA; ARABIAN PENINSULA; ASIA; BAB EL MANDEB; EURASIA; FARASAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; JIZAN [SAUDI ARABIA]; MIDDLE EAST; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 43249138088     PISSN: 15564894     EISSN: 15561828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15564890701623449     Document Type: Article

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