Editing History of Qatar (section)

===Paleolithic Age===
In 1961, a Danish archaeological expedition carried out on the peninsula uncovered approximately 30,000 stone implements from 122 Paleolithic sites. Most of the sites were situated along the coastline, and were divided into four separate cultural groups based on flint typology. [[Microlith|Macrolithic]] tools such as [[Scraper (archaeology)|scraper]]s, [[arrowheads]] and [[hand axe]]s dating to the [[Lower Paleolithic|Lower]] and [[Middle Paleolithic]] periods were among the discoveries.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Book reviews|journal=American Anthropologist|volume=72|issue=3|date=28 October 2009|doi=10.1525/aa.1970.72.3.02a00790|pages=700–701|last1=Smith|first1=Philip E. L.|doi-access=free}}</ref>

The [[Holocene glacial retreat#Persian Gulf (around 8,000 years ago)|flooding of the Persian Gulf]] roughly 8,000 years ago,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.livescience.com/10340-lost-civilization-existed-beneath-persian-gulf.html|title=Lost Civilization May Have Existed Beneath the Persian Gulf|publisher=Live Science|author=Jeanna Bryner|date=9 December 2010|access-date=3 June 2015}}</ref> resulted in the displacement of Persian Gulf inhabitants, the formation of the Qatari Peninsula and the occupation of Qatar to capitalize on its coastal resources.<ref name="nayeem1">{{cite book|last=Abdul Nayeem|first=Muhammad|title=Qatar Prehistory and Protohistory from the Most Ancient Times (Ca. 1,000,000 to End of B.C. Era)|publisher=Hyderabad Publishers|year=1998|page=14|isbn=9788185492049}}</ref> From this time onward, Qatar was regularly used as [[rangeland]] for nomadic tribes from the [[Najd]] and [[Al-Ahsa Oasis|al-Hasa]] regions in [[Saudi Arabia]], and a number of seasonal encampments were constructed around sources of water.<ref name="magee"/>