A large handaxe from Wadi Dabsa and early hominin adaptations within the Arabian Peninsula

Frederick W.F. Foulds; Andrew Shuttleworth; Anthony Sinclair; Abdullah M. Alsharekh; Saud Al Ghamdi; Robyn H. Inglis; Geoff N. Bailey

doi:10.15184/aqy.2017.153

A large handaxe from Wadi Dabsa and early hominin adaptations within the Arabian Peninsula

Frederick W.F. Foulds, Andrew Shuttleworth, Anthony Sinclair, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Saud Al Ghamdi, Robyn H. Inglis, Geoff N. Bailey

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The role played by the Arabian Peninsula in hominin dispersals out of Africa has long been debated. The DISPERSE Project has focused on south-western Arabia as a possible centre of hominin settlement and a primary stepping-stone for such dispersals. This work has led to the recent discovery, at Wadi Dabsa, of an exceptional assemblage of over 1000 lithic artefacts, including the first known giant handaxe from the Arabian Peninsula. The site and its associated artefacts provide important new evidence for hominin dispersals out of Africa, and give further insight into the giant handaxe phenomenon present within the Acheulean stone tool industry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1421-1434
Number of pages	14
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	91
Issue number	360
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2017.153
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acheulean
handaxes
hominin dispersal
human evolution
Palaeolithic
Saudi Arabia

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