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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.05.024
	Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah; western Nefud Desert; Saudi Arabia
	Stewart M.; Louys J.; Groucutt H.S.; Candy I.; Clark-Wilson R.; Breeze P.S.; Drake N.A.; Price G.J.; Al-Mufarreh Y.S.A.; Soubhi S.A.; Zalmout I.S.; Alsharekh A.M.; Omari A.A.; Petraglia M.D.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0277-3791
起始页码	228
结束页码	253
卷号	218
英文摘要	In recent years, the Arabian Peninsula has emerged as a key region for elucidating hominin and faunal evolution and dispersals between Africa and Eurasia. Central to this research is the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah (TAG) which has yielded a diverse and abundant fossil faunal assemblage and the earliest chronometrically dated evidence for hominins in this part of the world. Here, we present the first detailed taphonomic study of the large Unit 5 fossil assemblage from the site. We aim to assess which actor/s were responsible for the accumulation of the assemblage and evaluate evidence that might be consistent with the accumulation of fauna by hominins. We also describe, for the first time, fossils and lithic artefacts from stratigraphic horizons not previously considered, providing taphonomic insights into their accumulation. The taphonomic work shows that the Unit 5 faunal assemblage was accumulated by ambush predators, likely large felids and hominins, in a lake side environment, and that carcasses were subsequently scavenged by more durophagus carnivores such as hyenas and canids. Less can be reliably said regarding the newly described fossil assemblages given their poor preservation and significant wind abrasion, but large carnivores again appear to have played a role, and hominins probably played a role in the accumulation of at least one of these. This study provides the first detail insights into the interplay between hominins, carnivores, and herbivores in Arabia, and suggests that watering holes have been a focus on the Arabian landscape for resources since the middle Pleistocene. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Arabia; Archaeology; Butchery; Carnivore; Middle Palaeolithic; Serial predation
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Animals; Stratigraphy; Arabia; Archaeology; Butchery; Carnivore; Middle Palaeolithic; Serial predation; Biological materials preservation; archaeology; carnivore; dispersal; fossil record; hominid; Paleolithic; Pleistocene; predation; seed predation; taphonomy; Africa; Arabian Peninsula; Eurasia; Nefud; Saudi Arabia; Canidae; Felidae
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151848
作者单位	Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, Australia; Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution (ARCHE), Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Queensland, Nathan, Australia; Extreme Events Research Group, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, Jena, 07745, Germany; Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Strasse 10, Jena, 07745, Germany; Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, London, United Kingdom; Department of Geography, King's College London, London, United Kingdom; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, St LuciaQLD 4072, Australia; Saudi Geological Survey, Palaeontology Department, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stewart M.,Louys J.,Groucutt H.S.,et al. Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah; western Nefud Desert; Saudi Arabia[J],2019,218.
APA	Stewart M..,Louys J..,Groucutt H.S..,Candy I..,Clark-Wilson R..,...&Petraglia M.D..(2019).Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah; western Nefud Desert; Saudi Arabia.Quaternary Science Reviews,218.
MLA	Stewart M.,et al."Taphonomic and zooarchaeological investigations at the middle Pleistocene site of Ti's al Ghadah; western Nefud Desert; Saudi Arabia".Quaternary Science Reviews 218(2019).