Knut Bretzke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 634795 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Knut Bretzke |
| NOMBRES | Knut |
| APELLIDO | Bretzke |
| FIRMA | BRETZKE K |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Tübingen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5397-7224 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 181 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Archaeology, chronology, and sedimentological context of the youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage from Jebel Faya, United Arab Emirates
Due to the scarcity of stratified and well-dated archaeological horizons, diachronic as well as spatial patterns of Pleistocene lithic traditions are not very well understood in Arabia. To contribute to this topic, we present new archaeological, sedimentological and chronological data from archaeological horizon II (AH II), the stratigraphically youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Resul…
Luminescence chronology of fluvial and aeolian deposits from the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE
Quaternary environments on the Arabian Peninsula shifted between pronounced arid conditions and phases of increased rainfall, which had a profound impact on Earth surface processes. However, while aeolian sediment dynamics are reasonably well understood, there is a lack of knowledge with regard to variability in the fluvial systems. Presented here are the findings from several locations within wadi drainage systems to the west of the Hajar Mounta…
Jebel Faya and the Middle to Late Pleistocene Transition
Research suggests that human occupation of Arabia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene (ca 770–12 ka) is largely determined by climate change and restricted to relatively short windows of opportunity during periods of increased precipitation. Questions arise about how human behavioural evolution has factored into the Palaeolithic settlement of Arabia. The scarcity of well-dated and deeply stratified archaeological records covering relevant time…
Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Archaeological records indicate a complex history of Pleistocene hunter-gatherer societies in Arabia
What do spatial data from Sibhudu tell us about life in the Middle Stone Age
For the last 10 years, we have been carefully excavating rich, well-stratified Middle Stone Age (MSA) horizons from Sibhudu in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This work has provided a great abundance of numerous classes of cultural material from well-controlled contexts dating to between > 90 and 36 ka that is relevant for documenting the Late Pleistocene cultural evolution of Homo sapiens in Africa. In this paper, we look more closely at intra-site…
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (Pearl) project
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (PEARL) research project is a joint German–British project with the principal objective of developing a framework of past human occupation and landscape change in south‐eastern Arabia. Fieldwork during 2018 and 2019 involved the systematic survey and excavation of sites in the Rustaq and Ibri regions of Northern Oman, with the aim of establishing the nature and timing of human occupation and la…
On the diversity of the Palaeolithic record and patterns of Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental conditions in Southeast Arabia
The Late Pleistocene occupation of Southeast Arabia is well documented in the sequence recorded at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). Here the archaeological record suggests pulses of occupation in the region between ~125,000 and 10,000 years ago. The large chronological gaps observed between settlement phases are thought to indicate long periods of severe climatic conditions during the Late Pleistocene preventing human occupa…
Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Evidence of Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al‐Hajar Mountains
Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters of lithic artefacts, excavation at the site of Hayy al‐Sarh recovered two stratified archaeological horizons ( AH s). The upper horizon, AH I, contained pierced marine shells that provided an age of t…
Excavations at Ghār-e Boof in the Fars Province of Iran and its bearing on models for the evolution of the Upper Palaeolithic in the Zagros Mountains
Current research on the settlement dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and the Middle Stone Age
Epipaleolithic shell beads from Damascus Province, Syria
Filling in the gap – The Acheulean site Suhailah 1 from the central region of the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE
Not Just a Crossroad
Southwestern Asia plays an essential part in all models that have been developed to explain how and when modern humans colonized Eurasia. Given the rich record of Southwestern Asia and the long history of research, it is not surprising that the region provides an enormous wealth of information on the lifeways and population dynamics of prehistoric human groups. We argue here that many archaeological models oversimplify the processes of human disp…
The Middle Paleolithic sequence of Wadi Mushkuna Rockshelter and its implications for hominin settlement dynamics in western Syria
Tempering-residue on heat-treated silcrete
Increasing Behavioral Flexibility? An Integrative Macro-Scale Approach to Understanding the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa
The environmental context of Paleolithic settlement at Jebel Faya, Emirate Sharjah, UAE
Water availability and landuse during the Upper and Epipaleolithic in southwestern Syria
Evaluating morphological variability in lithic assemblages using 3D models of stone artifacts
Evaluating morphological variability in lithic assemblages using 3D models of stone artifacts
Increasing Behavioral Flexibility? An Integrative Macro-Scale Approach to Understanding the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa
Tempering-residue on heat-treated silcrete
Not Just a Crossroad
Southwestern Asia plays an essential part in all models that have been developed to explain how and when modern humans colonized Eurasia. Given the rich record of Southwestern Asia and the long history of research, it is not surprising that the region provides an enormous wealth of information on the lifeways and population dynamics of prehistoric human groups. We argue here that many archaeological models oversimplify the processes of human disp…
On the diversity of the Palaeolithic record and patterns of Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental conditions in Southeast Arabia
The Late Pleistocene occupation of Southeast Arabia is well documented in the sequence recorded at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). Here the archaeological record suggests pulses of occupation in the region between ~125,000 and 10,000 years ago. The large chronological gaps observed between settlement phases are thought to indicate long periods of severe climatic conditions during the Late Pleistocene preventing human occupa…
Filling in the gap – The Acheulean site Suhailah 1 from the central region of the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE
Water availability and landuse during the Upper and Epipaleolithic in southwestern Syria
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (Pearl) project
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (PEARL) research project is a joint German–British project with the principal objective of developing a framework of past human occupation and landscape change in south‐eastern Arabia. Fieldwork during 2018 and 2019 involved the systematic survey and excavation of sites in the Rustaq and Ibri regions of Northern Oman, with the aim of establishing the nature and timing of human occupation and la…
Evidence of Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al‐Hajar Mountains
Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters of lithic artefacts, excavation at the site of Hayy al‐Sarh recovered two stratified archaeological horizons ( AH s). The upper horizon, AH I, contained pierced marine shells that provided an age of t…
Epipaleolithic shell beads from Damascus Province, Syria
The Middle Paleolithic sequence of Wadi Mushkuna Rockshelter and its implications for hominin settlement dynamics in western Syria
Jebel Faya and the Middle to Late Pleistocene Transition
Research suggests that human occupation of Arabia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene (ca 770–12 ka) is largely determined by climate change and restricted to relatively short windows of opportunity during periods of increased precipitation. Questions arise about how human behavioural evolution has factored into the Palaeolithic settlement of Arabia. The scarcity of well-dated and deeply stratified archaeological records covering relevant time…
What do spatial data from Sibhudu tell us about life in the Middle Stone Age
For the last 10 years, we have been carefully excavating rich, well-stratified Middle Stone Age (MSA) horizons from Sibhudu in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This work has provided a great abundance of numerous classes of cultural material from well-controlled contexts dating to between > 90 and 36 ka that is relevant for documenting the Late Pleistocene cultural evolution of Homo sapiens in Africa. In this paper, we look more closely at intra-site…
Archaeology, chronology, and sedimentological context of the youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage from Jebel Faya, United Arab Emirates
Due to the scarcity of stratified and well-dated archaeological horizons, diachronic as well as spatial patterns of Pleistocene lithic traditions are not very well understood in Arabia. To contribute to this topic, we present new archaeological, sedimentological and chronological data from archaeological horizon II (AH II), the stratigraphically youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Resul…
Water availability and landuse during the Upper and Epipaleolithic in southwestern Syria
Evaluating morphological variability in lithic assemblages using 3D models of stone artifacts
The environmental context of Paleolithic settlement at Jebel Faya, Emirate Sharjah, UAE
Increasing Behavioral Flexibility? An Integrative Macro-Scale Approach to Understanding the Middle Stone Age of Southern Africa
The Middle Paleolithic sequence of Wadi Mushkuna Rockshelter and its implications for hominin settlement dynamics in western Syria
Tempering-residue on heat-treated silcrete
Excavations at Ghār-e Boof in the Fars Province of Iran and its bearing on models for the evolution of the Upper Palaeolithic in the Zagros Mountains
Current research on the settlement dynamics of the Middle Paleolithic and the Middle Stone Age
Epipaleolithic shell beads from Damascus Province, Syria
Filling in the gap – The Acheulean site Suhailah 1 from the central region of the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE
Not Just a Crossroad
Southwestern Asia plays an essential part in all models that have been developed to explain how and when modern humans colonized Eurasia. Given the rich record of Southwestern Asia and the long history of research, it is not surprising that the region provides an enormous wealth of information on the lifeways and population dynamics of prehistoric human groups. We argue here that many archaeological models oversimplify the processes of human disp…
Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Evidence of Neolithic settlement in the foothills of the Western al‐Hajar Mountains
Systematic prospection and excavations in the Rustaq region of northern Oman, approximately 45 km from the coast in the foothills of the Western Hajar Mountains, have revealed an unexpectedly dense record of Neolithic sites. Besides surface scatters of lithic artefacts, excavation at the site of Hayy al‐Sarh recovered two stratified archaeological horizons ( AH s). The upper horizon, AH I, contained pierced marine shells that provided an age of t…
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (Pearl) project
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (PEARL) research project is a joint German–British project with the principal objective of developing a framework of past human occupation and landscape change in south‐eastern Arabia. Fieldwork during 2018 and 2019 involved the systematic survey and excavation of sites in the Rustaq and Ibri regions of Northern Oman, with the aim of establishing the nature and timing of human occupation and la…
On the diversity of the Palaeolithic record and patterns of Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental conditions in Southeast Arabia
The Late Pleistocene occupation of Southeast Arabia is well documented in the sequence recorded at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). Here the archaeological record suggests pulses of occupation in the region between ~125,000 and 10,000 years ago. The large chronological gaps observed between settlement phases are thought to indicate long periods of severe climatic conditions during the Late Pleistocene preventing human occupa…
Natufian Lifeways in the Eastern Foothills of the Anti-Lebanon Mountains
Archaeological records indicate a complex history of Pleistocene hunter-gatherer societies in Arabia
What do spatial data from Sibhudu tell us about life in the Middle Stone Age
For the last 10 years, we have been carefully excavating rich, well-stratified Middle Stone Age (MSA) horizons from Sibhudu in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This work has provided a great abundance of numerous classes of cultural material from well-controlled contexts dating to between > 90 and 36 ka that is relevant for documenting the Late Pleistocene cultural evolution of Homo sapiens in Africa. In this paper, we look more closely at intra-site…
Luminescence chronology of fluvial and aeolian deposits from the Emirate of Sharjah, UAE
Quaternary environments on the Arabian Peninsula shifted between pronounced arid conditions and phases of increased rainfall, which had a profound impact on Earth surface processes. However, while aeolian sediment dynamics are reasonably well understood, there is a lack of knowledge with regard to variability in the fluvial systems. Presented here are the findings from several locations within wadi drainage systems to the west of the Hajar Mounta…
Jebel Faya and the Middle to Late Pleistocene Transition
Research suggests that human occupation of Arabia during the Middle and Late Pleistocene (ca 770–12 ka) is largely determined by climate change and restricted to relatively short windows of opportunity during periods of increased precipitation. Questions arise about how human behavioural evolution has factored into the Palaeolithic settlement of Arabia. The scarcity of well-dated and deeply stratified archaeological records covering relevant time…
Archaeology, chronology, and sedimentological context of the youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage from Jebel Faya, United Arab Emirates
Due to the scarcity of stratified and well-dated archaeological horizons, diachronic as well as spatial patterns of Pleistocene lithic traditions are not very well understood in Arabia. To contribute to this topic, we present new archaeological, sedimentological and chronological data from archaeological horizon II (AH II), the stratigraphically youngest Middle Palaeolithic assemblage at Jebel Faya, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Resul…
Archaeology (21 obras) · Geography (21 obras) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (17 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 obras) · Pleistocene (12 obras) · Geology (11 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 obras) · Paleontology (8 obras) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (7 obras) · Ecology (6 obras)