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@arduq.bsky.social

Archaeological landscape and environmental dynamics of Duqm and Dhofar, Oman.

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A failed human expansion out of Africa 100,000 years ago Early modern humans expanded out of Africa multiple times before 70,000 years ago, yet none of these populations are ancestral to living non-Africans. What caused these dispersals to fail? Here we inv...

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What happened to humans who left Africa 100,000 years ago? Here, we bridge genetics and stone tools β€” Nubian Levallois from Oman dated 109–95 ka, synchronous with gene flow into Neanderthals. Novel stratified evidence.
πŸ”— doi.org/10.21203/rs....

19.02.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1

We have decided to share our new paper on failed OoA human expansion as a preprint, to avoid bias in judgement, and to create an open platform for feedback. Please follow @osamawi.bsky.social post to know more and to download preprint and data/code. @czechacademy.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social

19.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our ARDUQ 5A expedition concluded with a presentation of our field work at Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, followed by a lecture in Arabic on stone tool technologies in Oman, delivered by @osamawi.bsky.social from @icarehb.bsky.social , @czechacademy.bsky.social

06.12.2025 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lithic Miniaturization and Technological Innovation on the Southern Dispersal Route Out of Africa - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology Over the past fifteen years, the Dhofar Archaeological Project has mapped 272 Middle Stone Age/Middle Palaeolithic sites in southern Oman, each exhibiting some extent of Nubian Levallois technology. T...

🌍 How did miniature #stonetools revolutionized technology on Africa's southern migration route?
Jeff Rose leads this study, with fellow #ICArEHB members Nuno Bicho, JoΓ£o Cascalheira, and Osama Samawi.
doi.org/10.1007/s419...
#Lithics #OutOfAfrica #Paleolithic

03.12.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lithic Miniaturization and Technological Innovation on the Southern Dispersal Route Out of Africa - Journal of Paleolithic Archaeology Over the past fifteen years, the Dhofar Archaeological Project has mapped 272 Middle Stone Age/Middle Palaeolithic sites in southern Oman, each exhibiting some extent of Nubian Levallois technology. T...

#Oman #MSA
New paper is OUT!
We trace how Dhofar’s MSA shifts from Nubian Levallois cores to the miniaturized Mudayyan industryβ€”highlighting changing technologies along the southern dispersal route out of Africa. @arduq.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

02.12.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great collection of articles on Arabia! Congratulations to authors πŸŽ‰

30.11.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ARDUQ 5A expedition is in full swing. Our fieldwork in Nejd plateau in southern Oman is focused on collecting samples for paleoenvironmental, micro-morphological, geochemical and OSL dating analyses from the excavated stratified Palaeolithic sites. @czechacademy.bsky.social @icarehb.bsky.social

28.11.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our recent paper gets online attention 😊

27.09.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It is finally OUT! πŸŽ‰ My book "HINTERLAND MONUMENTS OF ANCIENT NOMADS: Trilith Stone Structures of Southeastern Arabia" was published by @archaeopress.bsky.social Book is the first dedicated study of these enigmatic 2000-year-old ritual monuments.

www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

09.09.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Very sad news today. Anthony E. Marks has passed away. He conducted pioneering prehistoric research in the Nile Valley, the southern Levant and Arabia, producing seminal works on the Palaeolithic. In 2023, aged 85, he still joined the @arduq.bsky.social excavations in Dhofar, Oman. Rest in peace.

16.08.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman

New publication is out πŸŽ‰ from ARDUQ team! Nicknamed as "bone midden" in Nafun north of Duqm revealed incredible finds! Research is led by Betka Danielisova @czechacademy.bsky.social

The first collective Neolithic megalithic tomb in Oman | Antiquity | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/47swNqQ

16.08.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Hello Bluesky world! Moving from X Arduq_Arabia!

17.05.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Photo from Duqm 😊

17.05.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the use cases is from Duqm 😊

17.05.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today, we opened in collaboration with MHT and SEZAD an exhibition in Duqm // Archaeological Heritage of Al-Wusta Governorate // to disseminate our research results with the local community. @ltuarchaeology.bsky.social @czechacademy.bsky.social

22.04.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats πŸ‘πŸŽ‰ @archaeoman.bsky.social @pi-hisoka.bsky.social @tarabeuzen.bsky.social

17.05.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0