Jabal al-Uʿqla Site (Rub' al Khali): Acheulean – Post-Neolithic

The research concerns the Jabal al-Uʿqla site discovered by the author in Ramlat al-Sabaʿteen (Rub' al Khali) desert in 2008. The study is the first-time reveal of the outstanding part of the artifact collection. It proves that this territory was inhabited from the Middle Acheulean through the Late Stone Age. The research applies original methodology developed back in 1993 and based on patination level assessment. This methodology allows understanding the industry evolution in this particular area during the Paleolithic. The Jabal al-Uʿqla site collection differentiates 11 levels of patination. Each level implies technical and typological parameters that the research uses to form the material's relative chronology. The collection includes many choppers. Subject to comprehensive studying of the monument, it may lead to discovery of the early Acheulean industry. The article suggests the primary description of the collection, listed tools and explicit illustrations. The author emphasizes that further research of ancient sites such as Jabal al-Uʿqla should move east or north east as Jabal al-Uʿqla is hardly an intermediary site. This monument is deemed unique as it stands in between a mountainous and a desert area.