Ash Parton
Biographic Data
| ID | 140839 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ash Parton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ash |
| FAMILY NAME | Parton |
| SIGNATURE | PARTON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1547-7675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 279 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Tracing prehistoric pastoral occupation in Dhofar: New Chronological, archaeological and faunal insights from Laheem, southern Oman
New multidisciplinary data on Middle Holocene pastoralism in Dhofar, Oman. • Radiocarbon modelling shows site use from ∼ 4950 to 1000 BCE. • Well-preserved faunal assemblage reveals cattle and caprine exploitation. • Evidence for on-site butchery, marrow extraction, and meat processing. • Peak occupation intensity identified between ∼ 4200–2450 BCE. The prehistoric occupation of Dhofar, Southern Oman, was facilitated by the Indian Summer Monsoon,…
Evidence of Middle Palaeolithic human occupation in south-central Oman
Debate surrounds the early peopling of the Arabian Peninsula. The first evidence of the Levallois lithic technology in the Huqf area of south-eastern Arabia now extends the Middle Palaeolithic record of hominin activity into central Oman and helps to diversify the picture of Arabian prehistory
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…
Paleoenvironmental Context of Human Evolution
The role of environmental pressures in hominin speciation, extinction, and adaptation is a subject that has long been debated, and over the past several decades a steady improvement in paleoenvironmental records has afforded a better understanding of the climatic context of evolution. High‐resolution analyses of marine and terrestrial records have revealed earth system changes over a range of spatial and temporal scales that have subsequently tra…
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (Pearl) project: Recent findings from Neolithic sites in Northern Oman
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…
Middle Palaeolithic raw material procurement and early stage reduction at Jubbah, Saudi Arabia
The Middle Palaeolithic of the Nejd, Saudi Arabia
The Pleistocene archaeological record of the Arabian Peninsula is increasingly recognized as being of great importance for resolving some of the major debates in hominin evolutionary studies. Though there has been an acceleration in the rate of fieldwork and discovery of archaeological sites in recent years, little is known about hominin occupations in the Pleistocene over vast areas of Arabia. Here we report on the identification of five new Mid…
Rock art imagery as a proxy for Holocene environmental change: A view from Shuwaymis, NW Saudi Arabia
The animal species depicted in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia, provide a record of Holocene climatic changes, as seen by the engravers. Of 1903 animal engravings, 1514 contained sufficient detail to allow identification with confidence. In addition, the stratigraphy of the engravings and the depiction of domesticates provide a broad chronological framework that allows a division into images created during the Holocene humid phase and ani…
Rethinking the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa
Current fossil, genetic, and archeological data indicate that Homo sapiens originated in Africa in the late Middle Pleistocene. By the end of the Late Pleistocene, our species was distributed across every continent except Antarctica, setting the foundations for the subsequent demographic and cultural changes of the Holocene. The intervening processes remain intensely debated and a key theme in hominin evolutionary studies. We review archeological…
Orbital-scale climate variability in Arabia as a potential motor for human dispersals
Stratified Pleistocene vertebrates with a new record of a jaguar-sized pantherine (Panthera cf. gombaszogensis) from northern Saudi Arabia
Remote sensing and GIS techniques for reconstructing Arabian palaeohydrology and identifying archaeological sites
Developing a framework of Quaternary dune accumulation in the northern Rub' al-Khali, Arabia
The greening of Arabia: Multiple opportunities for human occupation of the Arabian Peninsula during the Late Pleistocene inferred from an ensemble of climate model simulations
Stone tool assemblages and models for the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa
Green Arabia: Human prehistory at the Crossroads of Continents
Hunters and herders: Exploring the Neolithic transition in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia
Multi-scale Acheulean landscape survey in the Arabian Desert
Archaeological evidence for indigenous human occupation of Southern Arabia at the Pleistocene/ Holocene transition: The case of al-Hatab in Dhofar, Southern Oman
The Neolithic peopling of Arabia is a subject of increasing debate, as different scenarios are proposed to describe the relatively sudden appearance of seemingly homogeneous archaeological sites throughout the south of the Peninsula during the Early Holocene. Such sites are identified by the co-occurrence of a laminar core reduction strategy with its supposed fossile directeur, the “ Fasad point.” This techno-typological package has been used by …
High-resolution geospatial surveying techniques provide new insights into rock-art landscapes at Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia
Many parts of the Arabian Peninsula contain rock art that has received minimal archaeological attention or has not yet been thoroughly surveyed. In 2001 an extensive rock-art complex called Shuwaymis, Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia was brought to the attention of the Saudi General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. This paper sets out the results of the first high-resolution geospatial mapping and recording of rock art at this remote site. The…
Epipalaeolithic occupation and palaeoenvironments of the southern Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia, during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Author: Hilbert, Yamandu H. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2014-10; Title: Epipalaeolithic occupation and palaeoenvironments of the southern Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia, during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Middle to Late Pleistocene human habitation in the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia
An early MIS 3 pluvial phase in Southeast Arabia: Climatic and archaeological implications
Compiling an Atlas of Agriculture in England and Wales from the Tithe Surveys: Discussion
Stone tool assemblages and models for the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa
Middle to Late Pleistocene human habitation in the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia
Middle Palaeolithic raw material procurement and early stage reduction at Jubbah, Saudi Arabia
Multi-scale Acheulean landscape survey in the Arabian Desert
Green Arabia: Human prehistory at the Crossroads of Continents
Hunters and herders: Exploring the Neolithic transition in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia
Epipalaeolithic occupation and palaeoenvironments of the southern Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia, during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Author: Hilbert, Yamandu H. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2014-10; Title: Epipalaeolithic occupation and palaeoenvironments of the southern Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia, during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Rock art imagery as a proxy for Holocene environmental change: A view from Shuwaymis, NW Saudi Arabia
The animal species depicted in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia, provide a record of Holocene climatic changes, as seen by the engravers. Of 1903 animal engravings, 1514 contained sufficient detail to allow identification with confidence. In addition, the stratigraphy of the engravings and the depiction of domesticates provide a broad chronological framework that allows a division into images created during the Holocene humid phase and ani…
The Middle Palaeolithic of the Nejd, Saudi Arabia
The Pleistocene archaeological record of the Arabian Peninsula is increasingly recognized as being of great importance for resolving some of the major debates in hominin evolutionary studies. Though there has been an acceleration in the rate of fieldwork and discovery of archaeological sites in recent years, little is known about hominin occupations in the Pleistocene over vast areas of Arabia. Here we report on the identification of five new Mid…
Archaeological evidence for indigenous human occupation of Southern Arabia at the Pleistocene/ Holocene transition: The case of al-Hatab in Dhofar, Southern Oman
The Neolithic peopling of Arabia is a subject of increasing debate, as different scenarios are proposed to describe the relatively sudden appearance of seemingly homogeneous archaeological sites throughout the south of the Peninsula during the Early Holocene. Such sites are identified by the co-occurrence of a laminar core reduction strategy with its supposed fossile directeur, the “ Fasad point.” This techno-typological package has been used by …
High-resolution geospatial surveying techniques provide new insights into rock-art landscapes at Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia
Many parts of the Arabian Peninsula contain rock art that has received minimal archaeological attention or has not yet been thoroughly surveyed. In 2001 an extensive rock-art complex called Shuwaymis, Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia was brought to the attention of the Saudi General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. This paper sets out the results of the first high-resolution geospatial mapping and recording of rock art at this remote site. The…
The PalaeoEnvironments and ARchaeological Landscapes (Pearl) project: Recent findings from Neolithic sites in Northern Oman
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…
Compiling an Atlas of Agriculture in England and Wales from the Tithe Surveys: Discussion
An early MIS 3 pluvial phase in Southeast Arabia: Climatic and archaeological implications
High-resolution geospatial surveying techniques provide new insights into rock-art landscapes at Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia
Many parts of the Arabian Peninsula contain rock art that has received minimal archaeological attention or has not yet been thoroughly surveyed. In 2001 an extensive rock-art complex called Shuwaymis, Ha'il Province, Saudi Arabia was brought to the attention of the Saudi General Commission for Tourism and Antiquities. This paper sets out the results of the first high-resolution geospatial mapping and recording of rock art at this remote site. The…
Epipalaeolithic occupation and palaeoenvironments of the southern Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia, during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Author: Hilbert, Yamandu H. et al.; Genre: Journal Article; Issued: 2014-10; Title: Epipalaeolithic occupation and palaeoenvironments of the southern Nefud desert, Saudi Arabia, during the Terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene
Middle to Late Pleistocene human habitation in the western Nefud Desert, Saudi Arabia
Rethinking the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa
Current fossil, genetic, and archeological data indicate that Homo sapiens originated in Africa in the late Middle Pleistocene. By the end of the Late Pleistocene, our species was distributed across every continent except Antarctica, setting the foundations for the subsequent demographic and cultural changes of the Holocene. The intervening processes remain intensely debated and a key theme in hominin evolutionary studies. We review archeological…
Orbital-scale climate variability in Arabia as a potential motor for human dispersals
Stratified Pleistocene vertebrates with a new record of a jaguar-sized pantherine (Panthera cf. gombaszogensis) from northern Saudi Arabia
Remote sensing and GIS techniques for reconstructing Arabian palaeohydrology and identifying archaeological sites
Developing a framework of Quaternary dune accumulation in the northern Rub' al-Khali, Arabia
The greening of Arabia: Multiple opportunities for human occupation of the Arabian Peninsula during the Late Pleistocene inferred from an ensemble of climate model simulations
Stone tool assemblages and models for the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa
Green Arabia: Human prehistory at the Crossroads of Continents
Hunters and herders: Exploring the Neolithic transition in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia
Multi-scale Acheulean landscape survey in the Arabian Desert
Archaeological evidence for indigenous human occupation of Southern Arabia at the Pleistocene/ Holocene transition: The case of al-Hatab in Dhofar, Southern Oman
The Neolithic peopling of Arabia is a subject of increasing debate, as different scenarios are proposed to describe the relatively sudden appearance of seemingly homogeneous archaeological sites throughout the south of the Peninsula during the Early Holocene. Such sites are identified by the co-occurrence of a laminar core reduction strategy with its supposed fossile directeur, the “ Fasad point.” This techno-typological package has been used by …
The Middle Palaeolithic of the Nejd, Saudi Arabia
The Pleistocene archaeological record of the Arabian Peninsula is increasingly recognized as being of great importance for resolving some of the major debates in hominin evolutionary studies. Though there has been an acceleration in the rate of fieldwork and discovery of archaeological sites in recent years, little is known about hominin occupations in the Pleistocene over vast areas of Arabia. Here we report on the identification of five new Mid…
Rock art imagery as a proxy for Holocene environmental change: A view from Shuwaymis, NW Saudi Arabia
The animal species depicted in the rock art of Shuwaymis, Saudi Arabia, provide a record of Holocene climatic changes, as seen by the engravers. Of 1903 animal engravings, 1514 contained sufficient detail to allow identification with confidence. In addition, the stratigraphy of the engravings and the depiction of domesticates provide a broad chronological framework that allows a division into images created during the Holocene humid phase and ani…
Middle Palaeolithic raw material procurement and early stage reduction at Jubbah, Saudi Arabia
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: Recent findings from Neolithic sites in Northern Oman
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…
Paleoenvironmental Context of Human Evolution
The role of environmental pressures in hominin speciation, extinction, and adaptation is a subject that has long been debated, and over the past several decades a steady improvement in paleoenvironmental records has afforded a better understanding of the climatic context of evolution. High‐resolution analyses of marine and terrestrial records have revealed earth system changes over a range of spatial and temporal scales that have subsequently tra…
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…
Evidence of Middle Palaeolithic human occupation in south-central Oman
Debate surrounds the early peopling of the Arabian Peninsula. The first evidence of the Levallois lithic technology in the Huqf area of south-eastern Arabia now extends the Middle Palaeolithic record of hominin activity into central Oman and helps to diversify the picture of Arabian prehistory
Tracing prehistoric pastoral occupation in Dhofar: New Chronological, archaeological and faunal insights from Laheem, southern Oman
New multidisciplinary data on Middle Holocene pastoralism in Dhofar, Oman. • Radiocarbon modelling shows site use from ∼ 4950 to 1000 BCE. • Well-preserved faunal assemblage reveals cattle and caprine exploitation. • Evidence for on-site butchery, marrow extraction, and meat processing. • Peak occupation intensity identified between ∼ 4200–2450 BCE. The prehistoric occupation of Dhofar, Southern Oman, was facilitated by the Indian Summer Monsoon,…
Geography (24 works) · Archaeology (22 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (19 works) · Geology (18 works) · Pleistocene (17 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (15 works) · Paleontology (14 works) · Ecology (12 works) · Peninsula (11 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (9 works)