RIYADH: A team of international researchers has discovered a 6,000-year-old major human settlement in Saudi Arabia’s Hail region, Arab media reported on Thursday.
The Saudi Heritage Commission, working in collaboration with the German Max Planck Institute on the Green Arabia project stated the findings in a study published in PLOS ONE journal.
Researchers from Saudi Arabia, Australia, UK, Italy and the US are studying archaeological substances from different locations dating back to between 6,000 and 4,500 years.
Scientists find seasonal human activity
The team found a rock shelter, other settlements and seasonal human activity.
The mills and broken stone pestles used in daily activities were also found in the discovery. Some of the things were found inside fire stoves covered with small stones.
The scientists are doing microscopic examination of a number of items to know about the methods of use and dietary habits of the people pf prehistoric era.
Researchers think evidence from the site may reveal people’s daily routine and their hunting and cultivation methods.
Pestles were commonly used source in the Neolithic period to extract marrow from animal bones.
