Also known as RH-5

Where: Oman (23.6° N, 58.5° E: paleocoordinates 23.6° N, 58.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

• Although marine turtle remains are well documented from human graves around the world, their predominance in RH-5 burials is unique (Frazier, 2003, 2005); and some authors have called the RH-5 people “seasonal turtle worshipers”

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Frazier, V. Azzara, O. Munoz, L. G. Marcucci, E. Badel, F. Genchi, M. Cattani, M. Tosi, and M. Delfino. 2018. Remains of Leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at Mid-Late Holocene archaeological sites in coastal Oman: clues of past worlds. PeerJ 1-34 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198556: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 17.12.2018

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