H S Groucutt

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ID21226
NOMBREH S Groucutt
NOMBRESH S
APELLIDOGroucutt
FIRMAGROUCUTT H S
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Oxford
ORCID0000-0002-9111-1720
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS62
TOTAL DE CITAS714
TOTAL COMO AUTOR62
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2012
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H17

  • Semi-automated detection of Holocene archaeological structures along the southern edge of the Nefud desert

    Open AccessAmy Hatton, Amina Jambajantsan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2026

    Throughout the Holocene, humans covered the landscape of Arabia in hundreds of thousands of diverse dry-stone structures. These archaeological remains are predominantly funerary structures, enclosures, and camps although they also include ritualised features such as mustatils , all of which form essential components for understanding Neolithic and Bronze Age peninsular societies and their dynamic relationships with the natural environment. Archae…

  • A Landscape of the Anthropocene

    Open AccessH S GroucuttARTICLELandscapes2026

    Agricultural terracing, the flattening of sloping land to improve agricultural potential by the construction of walls and banks to retain soil, represents one of the most fundamental ways in which humans have shaped the planet. Vast swathes of land have been terraced, with those of the Mediterranean basin prominent among them. Terracing significantly increases agricultural production, and has other benefits as well, such as limiting soil erosion …

  • The impacts of lateral obliqueness and edge angle on Levallois point morphology

    Open AccessAmal Al Kassem, H S Groucutt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Lithic Studies2025

    The study of Levallois points is important as it combines themes relating to Levallois technology in general (such as cognitive evolution, standardisation, and cultural transmission) with discussions on the specific function of stone tools (for example, the notion of points as spear tips). Many Levantine Middle Palaeolithic assemblages feature a strong focus on Levallois point production. Traditionally, this phenomenon has been studied from a typ…

  • Do Recent DNA Studies Refute a 65 kya Arrival of Humans in Sahul

    Open AccessP Veth, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith et al.ARTICLEArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology…2025Referencias: 13

  • Neolithic arrowheads and Bronze Age industry at Saruq al Hadid, UAE

    Open AccessAmal Al Kassem, H S Groucutt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2024Referencias: 16

    Among growing indications of human occupation in the coastal regions of southern and southeastern Arabia extending into the Neolithic and beyond, this study introduces new archaeological evidence, namely bifacial arrowheads and trihedral points, suggesting human presence at the Saruq Al-Hadid site in the fringe of Rub’ Al Khali during the mid-Holocene period. Human activities in the site are dated to the ‘Dark Millennium’ and Bronze Age. We sugge…

  • Landscape positioning of Neolithic mustatil stone structures along the margins of the Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia

    Open AccessAmy Hatton, Paul S Breeze et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene2024Citada por: 1Referencias: 25

    Monumental rectangular stone structures called mustatils are an important emerging feature of the Holocene archaeological record of northwestern Arabia. To date, few have been excavated, with available radiocarbon dates suggesting an age range of ca. 5400–4200 BC. Here we present a rigorous spatial analysis to identify the patterning and landscape context of 169 mustatils in the southern and western margins of the Nefud Desert. This included: (1)…

  • Ndiayène Pendao and the Lower Senegal Valley, Senegal

    Open AccessJ Blinkhorn, Khady Niang et al.CHAPTERHandbook of Pleistocene…2023

  • Evaluating possible prehistoric cave art in the central Mediterranean

    Open AccessMaria Guagnin, Vincent Haburaj et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2023Referencias: 3

  • Before the Holocene humid period

    Open AccessMaria Guagnin, Ceri Shipton et al.ARTICLEArchaeological Research in Asia2023Citada por: 1Referencias: 11

  • Standardization of Nubian Levallois Technology in Dhofar, Southern Arabia

    Open AccessH S Groucutt, Jeffrey I RoseARTICLELithic Technology2023Citada por: 4Referencias: 37

    The characteristics and distribution of “Nubian" Levallois technology have been prominent in recent discussions of Middle Palaeolithic/Middle Stone Age technological variability and its implications. Here we explore Nubian Levallois technology by focusing on the relative “standardization” of the TH.69 assemblage from western Dhofar, one of the most “Nubian” of all “Nubian” assemblages. Aspects evaluated include the shape of cores and the dorsal s…

  • Variable Perspectives on “ Standardization in the Stone Age ”

    J Pargeter, H S GroucuttARTICLELithic Technology2023Referencias: 23

  • Geometric Morphometric Analyses of Levallois Points from the Levantine Middle Paleolithic do not Support Functional Specialization

    Briggs Buchanan, M J Hamilton et al.ARTICLELithic Technology2023Citada por: 4Referencias: 43

    Levallois points are a prominent part of many Levantine Middle Paleolithic assemblages. They are either produced intentionally or incidentally by the Levallois core reduction technique and are of a generally similar shape, although the degree to which they were used as specialized tools has been questioned. Here, we examine Levallois points using geometric morphometric analyses to assess the range of shape variation in this artifact type. We then…

  • Uniformity and Diversity in Handaxe Shape at the End of the Acheulean in Southwest Asia

    Open AccessCeri Shipton, H S Groucutt et al.ARTICLELithic Technology2023Citada por: 4Referencias: 37

    This study examines parameters, causes, and spatio-temporal patterns of handaxe shape variation from Tabun cave in the Levant, and Khall Amayshan 4B and Khabb Musayyib in northern Arabia. These assemblages span the range of most pointy to most rounded handaxes found anywhere during the Acheulean. The AGMT3D program is used to conduct high resolution geometric morphometric analysis of handaxe form from 3D models. Shape variation is tested against …

  • Replicability in Lithic Analysis

    Open AccessJ Pargeter, Alison S Brooks et al.ARTICLEAmerican Antiquity2023Citada por: 28Referencias: 42

    The ubiquity and durability of lithic artifacts inform archaeologists about important dimensions of human behavioral variability. Despite their importance, lithic artifacts can be problematic to study because lithic analysts differ widely in their theoretical approaches and the data they collect. The extent to which differences in lithic data relate to prehistoric behavioral variability or differences between archaeologists today remains incomple…

  • Coring, profiling, and trenching

    Open AccessT C Rick, Abdullah M Alsharekh et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2022

    Archaeologists have long emphasized the importance of large-scale excavations and multi-year or even decades-long projects at a single site or site complex. Here, we highlight archaeological field strategies, termed coring, profiling, and trenching (CPT), that rely on relatively small-scale excavations or the collection of new samples from intact deposits in previously excavated trenches (aka test units or pits). Examples from multiple sites in A…

  • Mass-kill hunting and Late Quaternary ecology

    Open AccessH S Groucutt, W Christopher CarletonARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Citada por: 2Referencias: 25

    Over 6,000 ‘desert kites’—mass-kill stone hunting traps constructed at various times over the last 10,000 years—have been identified from northern Arabia to western central Asia. It has been proposed that kites had a significant impact on animal demography, leading to changes in ecology and human societies. While there has been considerable discussion regarding the function and chronology of kites, their spatial distribution is poorly understood.…

  • The morphological variability of Maltese ‘cart ruts’ and its implications

    Open AccessH S GroucuttARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2021Referencias: 4

    Hundreds of ‘cart ruts’ – pairs of incised parallel grooves in the bedrock – are found across the Maltese Archipelago in the central Mediterranean. The age, functional association, formation processes, and taphonomic alteration of these ruts, which occur here with a globally unrivalled frequency, has been much debated. Generally seen as being created by erosion from vehicles such as wheeled carts, or alternatively being cut into the rock to facil…

  • Human origins in Southern African palaeo-wetlands? Strong claims from weak evidence

    Open AccessCarina Schlebusch, Liisa Loog et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2021Citada por: 5Referencias: 6

  • Taphonomy of an excavated striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) den in Arabia

    Open AccessMathew Stewart, Eric Andrieux et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2021Citada por: 8Referencias: 88

    Studies of modern carnivore accumulations of bone (i.e., neo-taphonomy) are crucial for interpreting fossil accumulations in the archaeological and paleontological records. Yet, studies in arid regions have been limited in both number and detailed taphonomic data, prohibiting our understanding of carnivore bone-accumulating and -modifying behavior in dry regions. Here, we present a taphonomic analysis of an impressive carnivore-accumulated bone a…

  • Beyond arrows on a map

    Open AccessSamuel L Nicholson, R Hosfield et al.ARTICLEJournal of Anthropological…2021Citada por: 9Referencias: 127

  • A taxonomic and taphonomic study of Pleistocene fossil deposits from the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia

    Open AccessMathew Stewart, Julien Louys et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2020

    Over the past decade, a growing interest has developed on the archaeology, palaeontology, and palaeoenvironments of the Arabian Peninsula. It is now clear that hominins repeatedly dispersed into Arabia, notably during pluvial interglacial periods when much of the peninsula was characterised by a semiarid grassland environment. During the intervening glacial phases, however, grasslands were replaced with arid and hyperarid deserts. These millennia…

  • A taxonomic and taphonomic study of Pleistocene fossil deposits from the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia – Addendum

    Open AccessMathew Stewart, Julien Louys et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2020

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  • Culture and Convergence

    Open AccessH S GroucuttCHAPTER2020

  • Rose Jeffrey I., Hilbert Yamandu H., Marks Anthony E., Usik Vitaly I. 2019. The first peoples of Oman. Palaeolithic archaeology of the Nejd plateau

    H S GroucuttARTICLEPaléorient2020

    The Dhofar region in the southwest of Oman is a peculiar, and special, corner of Arabia. It represents the eastern-most extent of the highland spine of Arabia which extends down the west coast and then swings eastwards through Yemen. Traditionally Dhofar had more to do with areas to its west than to the rest of Oman, with social and linguistic connections to areas in modern-day Yemen. Likewise, Dhofar is a primarily Sunni Muslim area in contrast …

  • Culture History and Convergent Evolution

    H S Groucutt