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"If you look from above, you can see thousands of stone structures dotting the
landscape of the Arabian peninsula. On the ground, you can find a bounty of
stone tools and ancient fireplaces scattered along the edges of ancient lakes,
as well as rock art depicting hunting and herding scenes in the surrounding
mountains.
Despite the visibility of these sites, only in the past decade or so have
archaeologists taken a dedicated interest in them. Some of the structures have
now been dated at up to 10,000 years old.
However, the arid climate, baking days and freezing nights, and intense wind
erosion are not kind to some of the other relics archaeologists prize. To date,
there has been little found in the way of fossils or the kind of deeply buried,
layered deposits that can open a window onto the history of a place.
Until recently, no archaeologists had surveyed any of the hundreds of caves and
lava tubes recorded across northern Arabia. In 2019, our team began to look in
these subterranean locations – and in a new study published today in
PLoS
ONE, we report on the first documented occupation of a lava tube in the
Arabian Peninsula."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
