Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer +11 more
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Abrasivity behavior analysis and fuzzy stochastic prediction of weakly cemented sandstones using an improved RBF neural network for quantifying uncertainties. [PDF]
PLoS OneYao Y, Lin J, Li X, Li Y.
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Greek ΜΝΗΣΘΗ and Aramaic DKYR in the Near East: A Comparative Epigraphic Study
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Past studies of graffiti containing the word ΜΝΗΣΘΗ have never fully established its intrinsic meaning. However, due to the existence of the Aramaic term DKYR, which carries a seemingly identical meaning to ΜΝΗΣΘΗ, in similar contexts in the Roman Near East, a comparison between both words is possible. Four distinct sites where the coexistence
Sebastien Mazurek
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Tool-stone selection in the African Middle stone age at Sibhudu cave. [PDF]
PLoS OneSchmidt P, Nickel KG.
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Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Between 2018 and 2021, the Identification and Documentation of Immovable Heritage Assets (IDIHA) Project recorded over 19,000 rock art panels in the AlUla (al‐‘Ulā) region of north‐western Saudi Arabia. This study presents a chronological assessment of the corpus, drawing on superimpositions, datable motifs, inscriptions, and varnish formation,
Maria Guagnin +3 more
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The Mechanisms and Applications of CO<sub>2</sub>‑Elevated Fracturing in Tight Sandstone Gas Reservoirs: A Comprehensive Investigation for Enhanced Oil and Gas Recovery. [PDF]
ACS OmegaZhao Z, Zhang Y, Huang Y, Zhang X.
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New Results From the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia
Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Al Uyaynah is a low sandstone mound on an alluvial plain, long known for its extensive surface remains of stone‐built circular and rectangular structures. Following test excavations in 2012, more detailed excavation was undertaken in 2016 within one of the largest rectangular stone structures.
Khalid Alasmari +6 more
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Rapid Screening Method to Assess Formation Damage During Injection of Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Sandstone. [PDF]
Nanomaterials (Basel)Klevan C +7 more
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The hillfort of Castrejón de Capote is one of the best investigated settlements of Late Iron Age southwest Iberia. Located in the territory that the classical sources attributed to the Celtici, it was occupied between the early 4th and the 1st centuries bce.
Beatrijs de Groot +2 more
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Study on Effects of Mineral and Pore Characteristics on Mechanical Behavior and Acoustic Emission of Sandstone. [PDF]
ACS OmegaTan S, Li W, Li H, Zhou L, Yu M.
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