The Paleolithic of Arabia in an Inter-regional Context
The Paleolithic of Arabia in an Inter-regional Context
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跨区域背景下的阿拉伯旧石器时代
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2010
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A. Marks
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对阿拉伯的旧石器时代所知甚少。尽管在对这一环境边缘区域进行初步勘探后立即进行了调查（例如，菲尔比，1933年; Caton-Thompson，1939）以及过去60年中少量但持续的史前学家进入阿拉伯半岛，与邻近地区的已知情况相比，阿拉伯更新世职业和古环境的知识少得可怜。造成这种情况的原因有很多，从没有现存的、具有深层沉积物的大型岩溶洞穴（20世纪人们非常喜欢的旧石器时代遗址类型），到真正困难的后勤保障，以及直到最近，缺乏地方当局的鼓励。尽管如此，史前历史学家确实尝试过，几乎所有人都发现了一些他们可以归因于旧石器时代的材料（例如，Caton-Thompson，1954年;货车比克等人，1963; Gramly，1971; Pullar，1974; Inizan和Ortlieb，1987; Whalen和Pease，1990; McBrearty，1993）。
Very little is known about the Paleolithic of Arabia. In spite of surveys undertaken immediately after the initial exploration of this environmentally marginal region (e.g., Philby, 1933; Caton-Thompson, 1939) and a small but continuous trickle of prehistorians into Arabia over the past 60 years, knowledge of both Arabian Pleistocene occupations and paleoenvironments is woefully poor, compared to what is known about adjacent regions. The reasons for this are myriad, ranging from the absence of extant, large karstic caves with deeply stratified sediments (the highly preferred Paleolithic site type of the twentieth century), to truly difficult logistics, and, until recently, a lack of encouragement from local authorities. Still, prehistorians did try and virtually all found some materials they could attribute to the Paleolithic (e.g., Caton-Thompson, 1954; Van Beek et al., 1963; Gramly, 1971; Pullar, 1974; Inizan and Ortlieb, 1987; Whalen and Pease, 1990; McBrearty, 1993).