We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia’s first coastal people from 50,000 years ago
- Written by: Peter Veth, Laureate Professor in Archaeology, The University of Western Australia
West coast of Barrow Island, overlooking the submerged northwestern shelf.Kane DitchfieldBarrow Island, located 60 kilometres off the Pilbara in Western Australia, was once a hill overlooking an expansive coast. This was the northwestern shelf of the Australian continent, now permanently submerged by the ocean.
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