Investigating the palaeolithic landscapes and archaeology of the jizan and asir regions, south-western Saudi Arabia

Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-211

  Inglis, Robyn ^a   Sinclair, Anthony ^b   Shuttleworth, Andrew ^b   Alsharekh, Abdullah ^c   Devés, Maud ^d   Al Ghamdi, Saud ^c   Meredith Williams, Matthew ^a   Bailey, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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

Author keywords

Dispersals; Geomorphology; Landscape archaeology; Palaeoenvironment; Palaeolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907087149     PISSN: 03088421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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