Australia's Oldest Underwater Archaeology Reveals Ancient Life Within a Lost Landscape

Underwater archaeological discoveries reveal ancient Aboriginal landscape in Australia

Archaeologists have uncovered new evidence of Aboriginal activity beneath the waters of north-western Australia, revealing how ancient communities occupied and utilised landscapes that were submerged by rising sea levels following the last Ice Age. This content was originally published on www.heritagedaily.com - © 2023 - HeritageDaily

Australia's oldest underwater archaeology reveals ancient life within a lost landscape

New discoveries from Australia's oldest known underwater archaeological record reveal how First Peoples lived, transported goods and used different places within a vast cultural landscape that was submerged when rising seas transformed the continent after the last ice age.

Australia’s oldest underwater archaeology reveals ancient life within a lost landscape

Flinders University—New discoveries from Australia’s oldest known underwater archaeological record reveal how First Peoples lived, transported goods and used different places within a vast cultural landscape that was submerged when rising seas transformed the continent after the last Ice Age. Published in the prestigious journal Quaternary Science Reviews, compelling new evidence* shows that significant Aboriginal... Read more »

Stone tools found underwater off Western Australia come from a landscape the sea covered at least 9,000 years ago | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Archaeologists and Indigenous Rangers have located stone tools at two underwater sites near Murujuga in Western Australia, a region with World Heritage status. Rising seas covered both places at least 9,000 years ago, so the tools could be far older. The results appear in Quaternary Science Reviews. Researchers from Flinders University, the University of Western […]