Tracing the pathways to Yathrib (Al-Madinah): A GIS-based analysis of settlement patterns and ancient trade networks

• Mohamed Metwaly ,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mmetwaly@ksu.edu.sa

  Affiliation Archaeology Department, College of Tourism and Archaeology, P.O. Box, Riyadh, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8770-0306

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• Abdullah Alshami

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Archaeology Department, College of Tourism and Archaeology, P.O. Box, Riyadh, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1067-2137

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