First part of ARDUQ 2B field campaign was a short survey expedition deep into the Omani part of Empty Quarter / Rub' al Khali desert...new lithic sites, ostrich eggshell scatters & fossil palaeo-dunes. Field director Jeff Rose Ronin Institute, logistics Golden Highlands

After venturing into the dunes we returned to edge of Rub' al Khali to study Ramlat Fasad basin rich in Palaeolithic assemblage, especially handaxes, bifaces, choppers and pick axes. Field director Jeff Rose Ronin Institute, Golden Highlands, Archeologický ústav Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Brno, v. v. i. Paleo-Hajar Project

ARDUQ 2B Nejd research receives new energy ... Prof.Anthony Marks SMU and Emily Hallinan Emily Hallinan ICArEHB. Welcome!

Another fieldwork day in Nejd #oman ... Nubian/Muddayans for 3D scans + back to stratified site TH.584 وزارة التراث والسياحة - سلطنة عُمان SMU ICArEHB Ronin Institute Archeologický ústav Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Brno, v. v. i.

The diversity of Palaeolithic assemblages being studied by Arduq Team 2B in Dhofar: refit sequences from the Rub al’Khali, blade technology from two phases of the Upper/Late Palaeolithic, Mid Palaeolithic Nubian Levallois, and the intriguing Mid-Upper Palaeolithic “Mudayyan”

OSL tubes going in at a site with buried Nubian Levallois cores. Interesting artefacts from surface collections and excavations. Now we wait…

Arduq Team 2B had some beautiful Middle Palaeolithic finds today: a buried Nubian core and other MP artefacts with a carbonate crust our dating specialist is hopeful about, and some huge Nubian core and point refits from the surrounding area. Well done Dominik Chlachula

Today the ⁦ARDUQ Arabia⁩ mission is officially closed. Let’s say goodbye to Nubian cores. Let’s leave them! #Leavers&Takers ⁦Emily Hallinan⁩