Blue Arabia: Palaeolithic and underwater survey in SW Saudi Arabia and the role of coasts in Pleistocene dispersals

Quaternary International

Volumn 382, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-57

  Bailey, G N ^a   Deves M H ^b   Inglis, R H ^a   Meredith Williams, M G ^a   Momber, G ^a,c   Sakellariou, D ^d   Sinclair, A G M ^e   Rousakis, G ^d   Al Ghamdi, S ^f   Alsharekh, A M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Early stone age; Late stone age; Middle stone age; Red sea; Shell mound; Submerged landscapes

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MARINE RESOURCE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STONE AGE; SUBMERGENCE;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84941807696     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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