Researchers and Indigenous rangers documented two submerged sites off Western Australia, including stone artefacts near an ancient spring; the landscape flooded at least 9,000 years ago and stone came from 23 km away
- Archaeologists working with Indigenous rangers have documented two underwater sites off Murujuga in Western Australia, uncovering evidence of how First Nations communities used the landscape before rising sea levels submerged it thousands of years ago.
- The findings, reported by ABC News and detailed in a new study published in Quaternary Science Reviews, expand on earlier research into the region’s submerged Aboriginal heritage.
- The research was also announced by Flinders University, one of the institutions involved in the project.
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- Archaeologists working with Indigenous rangers have documented two underwater sites off Murujuga in Western Australia, uncovering evidence of how First Nations communities used the landscape before rising sea levels submerged it thousands of years ago.
- The findings, reported by ABC News and detailed in a new study published in Quaternary Science Reviews, expand on earlier research into the region’s submerged Aboriginal heritage.
- The research was also announced by Flinders University, one of the institutions involved in the project.
Sources: Times of India