The Middle Palaeolithic of the Nejd, Saudi Arabia by Groucutt, H, Breeze, P, Drake, N, Jennings, R, Parton, A, White, T, Shipton, C, Clark-Balzan, L, Al-Omari, A, Cuthbertson, P, Wedage, O, Bernal, M, Alsharekh, A, Petraglia, M

“…Here we report on the identification of five new Middle Palaeolithic sites from the Nejd of central Arabia and the southern margins of the Nefud Desert to the north. …”

Middle Palaeolithic raw material procurement and early stage reduction at Jubbah, Saudi Arabia by Groucutt, H, Scerri, E, Amor, K, Shipton, C, Jennings, R, Parton, A, Clark-Balzan, L, Alsharekh, A, Petraglia, M

“…Several hundred Middle Palaeolithic (MP) archaeological sites have now been identified in the Arabian Peninsula. …”

Coupled U-series and OSL dating of a Late Pleistocene cave sediment sequence, Morocco, North Africa: Significance for constructing Palaeolithic chronologies by Clark-Balzan, L, Candy, I, Schwenninger, J, Bouzouggar, A, Blockley, S, Nathan, R, Barton, R

Coupled U-series and OSL dating of a Late Pleistocene cave sediment sequence, Morocco, North Africa: Significance for constructing Palaeolithic chronologies by Clark-Balzan, L, Candy, I, Schwenninger, J, Bouzouggar, A, Blockley, S, Nathan, R, Barton, R

“…Cave sequences provide some of the most important archives of Palaeolithic archaeology that are currently available. …”

OSL dating of the Aterian levels at Dar es-Soltan I (Rabat, Morocco) and implications for the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens by Barton, R, Bouzouggar, A, Collcutt, SN, Schwenninger, J, Clark-Balzan, L

“…The Aterian is a distinctive Middle Palaeolithic industry which is very widely spread across North Africa. …”

Human occupation of the northern Arabian interior during early Marine Isotope Stage 3 by Jennings, R, Parton, A, Clark-Balzan, L, White, T, Groucutt, H, Breeze, P, Parker, A, Drake, N, Petraglia, M

“…Here, we present findings from the Al Marrat basin in the Nefud desert, which provides the first clear evidence for both increased humidity and human occupation of the interior of northern Arabia during early MIS 3. A Middle Palaeolithic assemblage, dated by optically stimulated luminescence to ca. 55 ka, was found stratified within a sequence of relict palustrine deposits indicative of shallow water body formation in the Al Marrat basin. …”