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
Barrow 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.
Our new research, published in...