Hōʻike ka noiʻi mua ma ka pūnaewele he 20 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi o kēia hāmeʻa basalt nui loa a ʻo ia ka "koʻi lima" nui loa ma ka honua. Hoʻomaka ka mea hana i ka Lower to Middle Paleolithic a ʻoi aku ma mua o 200,000 mau makahiki.
Ua ʻike ʻia ke koʻi lima e kahi hui honua o nā archaeologists e hana pū ana me ka Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU), i alakaʻi ʻia e Kauka Omer "Can" Aksoy a me Kauka Gizem Kahraman Aksoy mai TEOS Heritage. Ua ʻimi ka hui i kahi ʻāina wao nahele ma ka hema o AlUla, kapa ʻia ʻo Qurh Plain, e ʻimi i nā hōʻike o ka hana a ke kanaka i ka wā kahiko.
Ua hoʻokō ka hui i ka wehe ʻana i nā kiʻi archaeological e hōʻike ana he home kēia ʻāina kapu i kahi kaiāulu ola i ka wā Islamic mua, a i kēia manawa ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia mea kakaʻikahi a kū hoʻokahi e hoʻohiki e wehe i kahi mokuna hou i ka mōʻaukala kanaka ma Arabia a ma waho. e kakau.
Hana ʻia mai ka basalt maikaʻi, ʻo ka mea hana pōhaku he 20″ ka lōʻihi a ua hana ʻia ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua e hana i kahi mea paʻa paʻa me ka ʻoki a ʻokiʻoki paha. I kēia manawa, hiki ke koho wale ʻia ka hana, akā ʻoiai ʻo kona nui, kūpono ka hāmeʻa i nā lima ʻelua.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻokolokolo ʻana, a ʻo kēia ʻike he hoʻokahi wale nō o nā koʻi lima Paleolithic i ʻike ʻia. Manaʻolana ʻia e hōʻike hou ʻia ka noiʻi ʻepekema i nā kikoʻī hou aku e pili ana i ke kumu a me ka hana o kēia mau mea a me nā poʻe nāna i hana ia mau haneli haneli mau makahiki i hala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Ömer Aksoy, ke alakaʻi o ka papahana:
"ʻO kēia koʻi lima kekahi o nā mea koʻikoʻi loa i ʻike ʻia i kā mākou noiʻi mau ʻana o ka Qurh Plain."
“ʻO kēia mea hana pōhaku kupanaha ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hapalua mika ka lōʻihi (lōʻihi: 51.3 knm, laula: 9.5 knm, mānoanoa: 5.7 knm) a ʻo ia ka laʻana nui loa o nā ʻano mea hana pōhaku i ʻike ʻia ma kēia kahua. I ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea hoʻohālikelike a puni ka honua, ʻaʻohe i ʻike ʻia ke koʻi lima o ka nui like. Hiki iā ia ke lilo i kekahi o nā koʻi lima nui loa i ʻike ʻia. "
Ma waho aʻe o kēia noiʻi o ka Qurh Plain, ke nānā nei ka RCU i kēia manawa he 11 mau papahana archaeological kūikawā e hana ʻia ana ma AlUla a me Khaybar kokoke. Ke hana ʻia nei kēia papahana noiʻi nui me ka manaʻo e wehe hou i nā mea pohihihi o ka honua kahiko ma kēia ʻāina. Hōʻike kēia ʻike kupaianaha i ka nui o nā mea e aʻo ai Saudi ʻAlapiaka moolelo kanaka.
He mea ko'iko'i ka archeology i ka hana hou 'ana o ka RCU o ka apana AlUla ma ke 'ano he wahi ho'oilina mo'omeheu a me ka ho'oilina.
ʻO nā misionari archaeological 12 i mālama ʻia i ka wā hāʻule 2023 mai ʻOkakopa a Dekemaba e hōʻike ana i kekahi o ka nui o ka honua o ka noiʻi archaeological a me ka mālama ʻana. E hoʻomau ka hana me nā mikiona hou i hoʻolālā ʻia i ka hoʻoilo a me ka pūnāwai 2024.
ʻO ka hāʻule o ka makahiki 2023 e hōʻike ana i kahi hōʻuluʻulu honua ʻoi aku ma mua o 200 archaeologists a me nā ʻoihana hoʻoilina moʻomeheu, me nā loea mai Australia, Farani, Kelemānia, Italia, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, a me United Kingdom. ʻO ka nui o nā papahana kahi hoʻomau o ka noiʻi hoʻomau e pili ana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a me ke aʻo ʻana ma mua o 100 mau haumāna archeology mai Saudi Arabia.
Ua mālama ʻia ka hui mua ʻo AlUla World Archeology Summit ma Sepatemaba, e hōʻike ana i ke kūlana o AlUla ma ke ʻano he kikowaena o nā hana archaeological. Ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā ʻelele mai 300 mau ʻāina a ua alakaʻi ʻia i nā kūkākūkā interdisciplinary e pili ana i ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka archeology i nā kaiāulu nui.
