Recent Developments from the Submerged Cultural Landscape of Murujuga Sea Country, Northwest Shelf (Dampier Archipelago), Western Australia
Author(s): Jonathan Benjamin; Michael O'Leary
Year: 2024
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
In 2020 the Deep History of Sea Country project team published the discovery of two underwater archaeological sites in Murujuga Sea Country (Dampier Archipelago), Western Australia. Further lab analysis and field-based observations have been since undertaken, and these contribute to our understanding of the submerged sites within the broader setting within this rich cultural landscape. An update to our initial field observations will be provided with special reference to site formation and preservation on the submerged continental shelf. A brief discussion will be undertaken regarding heritage protection, as these sites represent a case study application for the protection of Indigenous underwater cultural heritage in Australia with wider implications for tropical environments around the Asia Pacific Region.
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Recent Developments from the Submerged Cultural Landscape of Murujuga Sea Country, Northwest Shelf (Dampier Archipelago), Western Australia. Jonathan Benjamin, Michael O'Leary. Presented at The 89th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2024 ( tDAR id: 499337)
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Keywords
General
Australia
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Coastal and Island Archaeology
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Indigenous Archaeology
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Submerged Cultural Landscapes
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Underwater Archaeology
Geographic Keywords
AUSTRALIA
Spatial Coverage
min long: 111.797; min lat: -44.465 ; max long: 154.951; max lat: -9.796 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 37769.0