Early human occupation of the Red Sea coast of Eritrea during the last interglacial

Nature ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 405 (6782) ◽  
pp. 65-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Walter ◽  
Richard T. Buffler ◽  
J. Henrich Bruggemann ◽  
Mireille M. M. Guillaume ◽  
Seife M. Berhe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Red Sea ◽  
Last Interglacial ◽  
Human Occupation ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Early Human ◽  
Sea Coast

Late Pleistocene Red Sea Mollusca: 1. Polyplacophora

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4772 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-449
Author(s):  
BRUNO DELL’ANGELO ◽  
BERNARD M. LANDAU ◽  
MAURIZIO SOSSO ◽  
MARCO TAVIANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Coral Reef ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Last Interglacial ◽  
Generic Level ◽  
Extant Species ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
First Time ◽  
Sea Coast

This study describes the chiton fauna (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) from the marine Pleistocene coral reef deposits bordering the Red Sea coast and dating to the last interglacial epoch (Marine Isotopic Substage 5e, MIS5e). Twenty-one species were identified, of which only three were previously known from the Pleistocene of the Red Sea (Lucilina sueziensis, Acanthopleura vaillantii and Acanthochitona penicillata). Eight are recorded as fossil for the first time. Six are described as new (Lucilina confusa n. sp., L. aqabaensis n. sp., L. aegyptiaca n. sp., L. colantonii n. sp., “Onithochiton” vandingeneni” n. sp., and Acanthochitona interglacialis n. sp.) and two are assigned at generic level (Callochiton sp. and Craspedochiton sp.). Four of these new species (Lucilina confusa n. sp., L. aegyptiaca n. sp., L. colantonii n. sp. and “Onithochiton” vandingeneni n. sp.) are still living in the Red Sea, bringing to 28 the number of extant species known from the Red Sea. These Pleistocene Red Sea assemblages represent the most diverse chiton fauna yet reported from any interglacial deposit worldwide. 

Roads of Arabia: New finds of Aqaba amphorae in the Red Sea from a newly discovered wreck site at Jeddah/Eliza shoals

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rupert Brandmeier
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Red Sea ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Maritime Archaeology ◽  
Western Coast ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Red Sea Coast ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Sea Coast

This paper concerns a probable shipwreck cargo of Aqaba amphorae, which was discovered during the second season of the survey project along the Saudi Arabian coast, initiated by nautical archaeologists of Philipps-University Marburg and conducted in cooperation with members of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Heritage in autumn 2013. Seafaring and sea trade was, according to the few ancient sources and modern research activities, a hazardous endeavor in antiquity. Transport containers like the Aqaba Amphorae played a major role in sea trade, a significant number of which have been detected on various sites along the Red Sea coast and its hinterland. The chronological classification as well as the application is far from complete, and recent archaeometrical investigations help to clarify the logistical aspects of manufacturing and distribution of Aqaba amphorae. Finding a number of remains of Aqaba amphorae at a supposed shipwreck site close to Jeddah delivers new insight into the maritime routes and activities along the western coast of Saudi Arabia. The documentary material currently available is the baseline for further research in the field of maritime archaeology as it pertains to trade in the Red Sea.

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