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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106618
	Palaeoenvironmental and sea level changes during the holocene in eastern Saudi Arabia and their implications for Neolithic populations
	Parker A.G.; Morley M.W.; Armitage S.J.; Engel M.; Parton A.; Preston G.W.; Russ H.; Drechsler P.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0277-3791
卷号	249
英文摘要	This paper presents the key findings of a multidisciplinary study investigating the nature and timing of coastal landscape evolution in eastern Saudi Arabia during the Holocene. To date, most sea level reconstructions for the Arabo-Persian Gulf are based on uncalibrated 14C ages without correction for marine reservoir effects, or lack precision with regard to the effects of neotectonic changes, indicators of sea level used, errors in elevation of sedimentary units used, and the relationship with actual tides. As a consequence, the nature and timing of relative sea level (RSL) changes during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene remain poorly understood. To help address this, we use sea level index points (SLIPs) based on calibrated 14C ages to present a RSL curve for the central-southern Gulf of Saudi Arabia from coastal sabkha deposits near the archaeological site of Dosariyah. The sediments record rapid transgression during the early Holocene with a mid-Holocene high-stand immediately prior to 6880–6560 cal. BP when the upper limit for the palaeo Mean Highest High tide water (MHHW) was 2.8–3.10 m above present day mean sea level. Transgression continued until shortly after 5575–5310 cal. BP with an upper limit to the palaeo-MHHW of 3.75 m above present sea levels. Thereafter a fall in RSL was recorded, with the regression leading to the progradation of the coastal system and the development of coastal sabkhas. Nonetheless later transgressions are recorded in the region between 4848–4536 and 4335–3949 cal BP. Radiometric dating results from archaeological excavations at Dosariyah, one of the most important Neolithic coastal sites in the Gulf, suggest that occupation of the site during the Neolithic coincides with the mid-Holocene marine transgression (ca. 7200–6500 cal. BP). Whilst the close proximity of the site to the sea may have facilitated maritime exchange activities, occupation of the site was short-lived and the phase of abandonment occurred during a period of rapid RSL rise, which would have transformed the area around Dosariyah into an island or certainly cut it off tidally from the mainland. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Arabia; Dosariyah; Holocene; Lagoons & swamps; Lakes; Middle east; Neolithic; Palaeoenvironments; Sea level changes; Sedimentology
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Excavation; Reservoirs (water); Archaeological excavations; Archaeological site; Coastal landscapes; Marine reservoir effects; Marine transgression; Radiometric dating; Relative sea level; Sea-level reconstruction; Sea level; Holocene; landscape evolution; Neolithic; Pleistocene; progradation; sea level change; transgression; Arabian Sea; Indian Ocean; Persian Gulf; Saudi Arabia
来源期刊	Quaternary Science Reviews
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/151240
作者单位	Human Origins and Palaeoenvironments Research Group, School of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP, United Kingdom; Australian Research Council (ARC), Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales 2522, Australia; Department of Archaeology, College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia; Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, United Kingdom; Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour (SapienCE), University of Bergen, Sydnesplassen 12/13, Bergen, Norway; Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 348, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany; Mansfield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TF, United Kingdom; Archaeology.biz, 39 Marwood Drive, Barnard Castle, County DurhamDL12 8DF, United Kingdom; Institute of Pre- & Protohistory and Medieval Archaeology, Early Prehistory and Quat...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Parker A.G.,Morley M.W.,Armitage S.J.,et al. Palaeoenvironmental and sea level changes during the holocene in eastern Saudi Arabia and their implications for Neolithic populations[J],2020,249.
APA	Parker A.G..,Morley M.W..,Armitage S.J..,Engel M..,Parton A..,...&Drechsler P..(2020).Palaeoenvironmental and sea level changes during the holocene in eastern Saudi Arabia and their implications for Neolithic populations.Quaternary Science Reviews,249.
MLA	Parker A.G.,et al."Palaeoenvironmental and sea level changes during the holocene in eastern Saudi Arabia and their implications for Neolithic populations".Quaternary Science Reviews 249(2020).