A Strategy for Assessing Continuity in Terrestrial and Maritime Landscapes from Murujuga (Dampier Archipelago), North West Shelf, Australia

Abstract

pre-date sea level rise. The most likely submerged sites include (i) compacted middens associated with rock pools and estuarine features; (ii) stone structures with associated midden on limestone pavements or with granophyre and basalt boulder fields; (iii) buried midden and other occupation deposits on protected sand sheets; (iv) quarry outcrops, extraction pits and associated reduction debris in areas of fine-grained granophyre and basalt; and (v) midden in consolidated calcarenite shoreline contexts to the north and west of the volcanic suites of the Dampier Archipelago.

The Archaeology of Europe’s Drowned Landscapes: Introduction and Overview

“…This is not to overlook the fact that traditions of underwater research, the discovery of underwater sites, and the investigation of their relevance to themes in the early development of human society have been going on in other parts of the world. Perhaps the largest concentration of research after Europe is in North America, especially on the coastlines of the Northwest Pacific and the Gulf of Florida, with more sporadic finds or new work only recently getting under way elsewhere and in other parts of the world (see in particular chapters in Masters and Flemming 1983;Benjamin et al 2011;Evans et al 2014;Harff et al 2016;Bailey et al 2017;Veth et al 2019). Nevertheless, the concentration of finds, expertise, scientific research, and public interest in Europe is exceptional.…”

Seven Good Reasons for Integrating Terrestrial and Marine Spatial Datasets in Changing Environments

“…Benjamin et al [38]; Benjamin et al [58]; Furlani and Martin [40]; Mattei et al [59]; Sturt et al [60]; Veth et al [61] 4…”

“…Rovere et al [31] analyzed the submarine geomorphology of the offshore between Finale Ligure and Vado Ligure (western Liguria, NW Mediterranean Sea) for the first time, detecting meaningful submarine geomorphological indicators of former sea levels. Micallef et al [33] and Foglini et al [37] To reconstruct ancient landscapes located in coastal and shallow-water environments, geomorphological, archaeological, and geophysical observations of both terrestrial and submarine areas are required, together with absolute dating of terrestrial and marine sediments, remains and landforms [54,61]. Hence, technological advances in acquiring data in nearshore areas and in merging terrestrial and marine spatial datasets (e.g., elevation data) are fundamental for the reconstruction of present emerged and submerged topography and to infer paleo-geography.…”

“…Aucelli et al [55] explored and mapped the main underwater structures on and below the seabed of the Roman Villa of Marina di Equa (Sorrento Peninsula) and analyzed the geological effects of the 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius with the aim of reconstructing the interactions between human and natural events. Examples of integration of land-sea datasets for geoarchaeological purposes outside the Mediterranean area are provided by Fisher et al [47] and Cawthra et al [57] for South Africa, by Bailey et al [54] for Saudi Arabia, and by Benjamin et al [58] and Veth et al [61] for Western Australia. Fisher et al [47] developed a conceptual tool that enable correlation of the evolution of human behavior within a dynamic model of changes of paleo-environment.…”

“…Bailey et al [54] analyzed emerged and submerged landscape of SW Saudi Arabia to study human dispersal in Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene. Finally, Benjamin et al [58] and Veth et al [61] analyzed a large amount of data (airborne LiDAR, underwater acoustics, cores and scuba dives observations) acquired in Western Australia for archaeological research.…”