Ancient Australian Aboriginal sites discovered underwaterThis handout aerial picture released by the DHSC Project and Flinders University shows a research area in the Dampier archipelago off the remote Western Australia coast where Aboriginal artefacts have been found on the seabed for the first time. Archaeologists say the finds mark an exciting first step in uncovering more Aboriginal sites thought to have been flooded since the last ice age between 18,000 and 8,000 years ago. "Now we finally have the first proof that at least some of this archaeological evidence survived the process of sea level rise." "With this comes a new requirement for the careful management of Aboriginal sea country." Archeologists have found Aboriginal sites in inland Australia dating back at least 65,000 years.

Source: Bangkok Post July 01, 2020 18:56 UTC