About the Authors

Rémy Crassard

remy.crassard@mom.fr

Affiliation CNRS, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, UMR 5133 ‘Archéorient’, Lyon, France

Michael D. Petraglia

Affiliations School of Archaeology, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Human Origins Program, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United States of America

Adrian G. Parker

Affiliation Human Origins and Palaeoenvironments Research Group, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom

Ash Parton

Affiliation School of Archaeology, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard G. Roberts

Affiliation Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Zenobia Jacobs

Affiliation Centre for Archaeological Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Abdullah Alsharekh

Affiliations Department of Archaeology, College of Tourism and Archaeology, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Ministry of Higher Education, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz Al-Omari

Affiliation The Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities, Taif Antiquities Office, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Paul Breeze

Affiliation Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Nick A. Drake

Affiliation Department of Geography, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Huw S. Groucutt

Affiliation School of Archaeology, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Richard Jennings

Affiliation School of Archaeology, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Emmanuelle Régagnon

Affiliation CNRS, Maison de l’Orient et de la Méditerranée, UMR 5133 ‘Archéorient’, Lyon, France

Ceri Shipton

Affiliation School of Social Science, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

Michael D. Petraglia is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA MDP. Performed the experiments: AA RC HSG RJ AGP AP MDP AAO RGR CS. Analyzed the data: PB RC ND ZJ ER RGR AGP AP. Wrote the paper: AA PB RC ND HSG ZJ AGP AP MDP RGR.