Reconnaissance a new Palaeolithic site at Al-Huwaidy in Ha’il region, northwest Saudi Arabia

Ha’il region in northwest Saudi Arabia is characterized by the presence of oases, flat plains, Paleo-lakes, and lava fields, which are some main landscape characteristics Palaeolithic sites have been found region. It located on one routes early hominin dispersal across Arabia. The ongoing archaeological research made Paleodeserts Disperse projects recorded several Acheulean Middle such localities as Jubbah basin Nefud desert (Groucutt et al. 2021; Petraglia 2015; 2019), yet large parts still unexplored.
 ground survey conducted authors at Al-Huwaidy village, 70 km southwest town, has led to discovery a unique site margin palaeo-oasis, close volcanic mountain. consists an agglomeration spread lithics covering area basaltic field outcrops. Numerous handaxes documented surface profiles current water canal shafts. setting quantity quality from Large Cutting Tools (LCT), including typical handaxes, foliate cores flakes, indicate that represents new interesting extension archaeology similar basin. Thus, this direct relevance assessing distribution region, showing they not only occur northern (Nefud desert), but also different (basaltic field) southern part