Africa-Eurasia connections: Human dispersals, coastal environments, tectonics and the Arabian Peninsula
Geoff Bailey, 2011.
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Introduction
This project focussed on two themes that are highly topical areas of current debate: (1) the potential role of the 'southern dispersal route' for human dispersal out of Africa, via the southern Red Sea and the Arabian Peninsula, and the most likely palaeogeographical and climatic windows of opportunity for transit of the Bab al Mandab Straits and the coastline of the Indian Ocean during the glacial-interglacial cycle; (2) the time depth of human exploitation of marine resources and the presence or otherwise of coastal adaptations during periods of lower sea level and their contribution to patterns of early human dispersal.
Objectives:
- Reconstruction of Quaternary palaeoshorelines in relation to bathymetry, sea-level change, and tectonic and isostatic movements
- Modelling of rift formation and mapping of tectonic landscapes
- Underwater exploration of submerged coastlines
- Investigation and dating of known Palaeolithic sites on land and the potential for more detailed correlation between archaeological, geological and palaeoclimatic records
