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Qurayyah Oasis: From a PPNB Waterhole to a Bronze Age Desert City
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> There is an important wrinkle with Qurayyah: the place has a Neolithic beginning, but the spectacular “Qurayyah Oasis” visible today is primarily a Bronze Age and later settlementArchaeologists have identified human presence beginning at least in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic…
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Dosariyah: The Neolithic Gulf Settlement Where Arabia Met Mesopotamia
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Dosariyah is one of the most important Neolithic coastal sites in Arabia. Not because it was a huge stone-built village, but because it was a remarkably busy meeting placeAbout 10–12 km south of modern Jubail and only about 1…
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Harrat ‘Uwayrid: Neolithic Homes on the Black Lava Plateau
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Harrat ‘Uwayrid is one of the most exciting recent discoveries for understanding Arabian Neolithic architecture. Rather than a single tell or village, it is a huge volcanic landscape containing hundreds of stone-built houses, hunting structures and other prehistoric installations.…
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Al-Magar: The Neolithic Waterhole at the Edge of Green Arabia
<home # start here # guides # builds # services # shop # about # categories> Al-Magar may be the most spectacular Neolithic site in Arabia—but its greatest story is not necessarily the horse. It is waterToday the site lies in an extremely arid part of central-southwestern Saudi Arabia. Around 8,000 years ago, however, it…