The Deep History of Sea Country: climate, sea level and culture (Old ID 22582)
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This is a pioneering, multi-disciplinary study of submerged landscape archaeology in Australia designed to investigate the records of the now-submerged Pilbara coast (spanning 50,000 to 7000 years ago). Information from drowned contexts will help address critical debates in Australian prehistory relating to past sea-level rise, population resilience, mobility, and diet. The project integrates cultural and environmental studies and contributes a unique southern hemisphere insight into world prehistory through material analysis and an adaptation of method from the world’s only confirmed submarine middens. A suite of cutting edge marine and aerial survey techniques will be developed to investigate physical and cultural submerged landscapes.
Date
15 Feb 2017 - 14 Feb 2020
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
submerged archaeology;Maritime Archaeology;shell middens;Indigenous Australian archaeology;Coastal Archaeology
Funding Body
Australian Research Council
Amount
60000
Project Team
N/A