Tracing Palaeolithic Populations across the Horn of Arabia: northern Oman (original) (raw)

https://journals.openedition.org/paleorient/3173#quotation Arabia holds great geographical significance in Palaeolithic studies as the nexus between the African and Asian continents. While researchers have identified various contextual areas from the Middle to Late Pleistocene period in the peninsula’s southern, central, and northern zones, some regions such as northern Oman, still need to be explored. This paper is a synthesis of the French Archaeological Mission to Central Oman’s Palaeolithic expeditions (FAMCO). It fills a major geographic gap in terms of mapping the Palaeolithic settlements on the southern piedmont of the Hajar Mountains. Our preliminary surveys around the Adam and Bisya towns in Ad-Dakhiliyah Governorate and test excavation at a stratified Late Palaeolithic site—the first of its kind near the city of Al-Ma’mur—demonstrate a range of lithic industries spanning the Lower Palaeolithic to the Neolithic. By exploring this terra incognita, the provided synthesis will broaden our understanding of the distribution of Palaeolithic populations and different lithic production strategies in the Horn of Arabia.

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