First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia

Mathew Stewart, Eric Andrieux, James Blinkhorn, Maria Guagnin, Ricardo Fernandes, Nils Vanwezer, Amy Hatton, Mesfer Alqahtani, Iyad Zalmout, Richard Clark-Wilson, Yahya S. A. Al-Mufarreh, Mahmoud Al-Shanti, Badr Zahrani, Abdulaziz Al Omari, Faisal Al-Jibreen, Abdullah M. Alsharekh, Eleanor M. L. Scerri, Nicole Boivin, Michael D. Petraglia, Huw S. Groucutt

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299292
Published: 2024-04-17
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pone.0299292,
  title = {First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia},
  author = {Mathew Stewart and Eric Andrieux and James Blinkhorn and Maria Guagnin and Ricardo Fernandes and Nils Vanwezer and Amy Hatton and Mesfer Alqahtani and Iyad Zalmout and Richard Clark-Wilson and Yahya S. A. Al-Mufarreh and Mahmoud Al-Shanti and Badr Zahrani and Abdulaziz Al Omari and Faisal Al-Jibreen and Abdullah M. Alsharekh and Eleanor M. L. Scerri and Nicole Boivin and Michael D. Petraglia and Huw S. Groucutt},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {PLOS ONE},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0299292},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299292}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia
AU  - Mathew Stewart
AU  - Eric Andrieux
AU  - James Blinkhorn
AU  - Maria Guagnin
AU  - Ricardo Fernandes
AU  - Nils Vanwezer
AU  - Amy Hatton
AU  - Mesfer Alqahtani
AU  - Iyad Zalmout
AU  - Richard Clark-Wilson
AU  - Yahya S. A. Al-Mufarreh
AU  - Mahmoud Al-Shanti
AU  - Badr Zahrani
AU  - Abdulaziz Al Omari
AU  - Faisal Al-Jibreen
AU  - Abdullah M. Alsharekh
AU  - Eleanor M. L. Scerri
AU  - Nicole Boivin
AU  - Michael D. Petraglia
AU  - Huw S. Groucutt
PY  - 2024
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Stewart, M., Andrieux, E., Blinkhorn, J., Guagnin, M., Fernandes, R., Vanwezer, N., Hatton, A., Alqahtani, M., Zalmout, I., Clark-Wilson, R., Al-Mufarreh, Y. S. A., Al-Shanti, M., Zahrani, B., Omari, A. A., Al-Jibreen, F., Alsharekh, A. M., Scerri, E. M. L., Boivin, N., Petraglia, M. D., & Groucutt, H. S. (2024). First evidence for human occupation of a lava tube in Arabia: The archaeology of Umm Jirsan Cave and its surroundings, northern Saudi Arabia. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0299292

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