Reconnaissance a new Palaeolithic site at Al-Huwaidy in Ha’il region, northwest Saudi Arabia

IF 1.1 0 ARCHAEOLOGY
A. Nassr, Mohammed Al-Hajj, Ali Tueaiman, Ahmed Elhassan
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Ha’il region in northwest Saudi Arabia is characterized by the presence of oases, flat plains, Paleo-lakes, and lava fields, which are some of the main landscape characteristics in which Palaeolithic sites have been found in the region. It is located on one of the routes of early hominin dispersal across Arabia. The ongoing archaeological research made by the Paleodeserts and Disperse projects have recorded several Acheulean and Middle Palaeolithic sites in such localities as Jubbah basin in the Nefud desert (Groucutt et al. 2021; Petraglia et al. 2015; 2019), yet large parts of the region are still unexplored. The ground archaeological survey conducted by the authors at Al-Huwaidy village, 70 km southwest of Ha’il town, has led to the discovery of a unique Palaeolithic site on the margin of a palaeo-oasis, close to a volcanic mountain. The archaeological site consists of an agglomeration spread of lithics covering an area of basaltic field and outcrops. Numerous handaxes have been documented on the surface and the profiles of current water canal shafts. The site setting and the quantity and quality of lithics from Large Cutting Tools (LCT), including typical handaxes, foliate handaxes, Acheulean cores and flakes, indicate that the site represents a new and interesting extension of Palaeolithic archaeology in the northwest of Arabia similar to Palaeolithic characteristics in the Jubbah basin. Thus, this discovery has a direct relevance in assessing the distribution of Palaeolithic sites in the Ha’il region, showing that they not only occur in the northern area (Nefud desert), but also in the different landscape (basaltic lava field) in the southern part of the region.
在沙特阿拉伯西北部哈伊勒地区的Al-Huwaidy侦察一个新的旧石器时代遗址
沙特阿拉伯西北部的哈伊勒地区以绿洲、平原、古湖泊和熔岩场的存在为特征,这是该地区发现旧石器时代遗址的一些主要景观特征。它位于早期人类穿越阿拉伯半岛的一条路线上。古沙漠和分散项目正在进行的考古研究已经在Nefud沙漠的Jubbah盆地等地记录了几个阿舍利和中旧石器时代遗址(Groucutt et al. 2021;Petraglia et al. 2015;2019年),但该地区的大部分地区仍未开发。作者们在哈伊勒镇西南70公里处的Al-Huwaidy村进行了地面考古调查,在靠近一座火山的古绿洲边缘发现了一个独特的旧石器时代遗址。该考古遗址由覆盖玄武岩场和露头的块状岩屑组成。在目前的水渠竖井的表面和剖面上已经记录了许多手斧。遗址的设置和大型切割工具(LCT)中石器的数量和质量,包括典型的手斧、叶状手斧、阿舍利岩心和片,表明该遗址代表了阿拉伯西北部旧石器时代考古的一个新的和有趣的延伸,类似于朱巴盆地的旧石器时代特征。因此,这一发现对评估哈伊勒地区旧石器时代遗址的分布具有直接意义,表明它们不仅出现在北部地区(Nefud沙漠),而且出现在该地区南部的不同景观(玄武岩熔岩场)。
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