During two short seasons carried out by the Department of Antiquities and ADIAS (Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey) it became clear that the area is of importance from the archaeological point of view. Large collections of flint tools and artefacts have been discovered and they are still under study. Arrowheads of different types are the most recognizable tools among the collections which also include flakes and limestone mortars. Similar artefacts are known from other regions of the U.A.E but this is the first time to have been located in such inhospitable environment and in large quantities. Although these artefacts came from the surface some remains of what look like stone structures have been identified; they require further investigations before the archaeologists could determine the nature of these structures.

Archaeological investigations carried out so far indicate that this region which is a desert today was different when communities were roaming the area during the Neolithic time. Preliminary evidence also indicate that some of these sites may have been originally located on the shores of land locked lakes that may have existed in the region when the climate was more wet. Exposed limestone terraces that perhaps were submerged by water do exist in the plains which extends scores of kilometres to the west of the Al Hajar mountains. These plains are mainly covered with sand dunes which they get higher the more they extend further to the west towards Liwa Oases. Taking in consideration the formation of the sand dunes and the exposed sites located between these dunes, one can assume that more of similar sites have been totally disappeared.