In a first discovery of its kind, researchers have uncovered an ancient Aboriginal archaeological site preserved on the seabed

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Underwater archaeology in Australia

For the past four years, a team of archeologists has been searching off the coast of western Australia for the remains of ancient Indigenous settlements that were flooded by rising sea levels at the end of the last Ice Age. After searching the seabed using laser scanners and high-resolution sonar, divers discovered two archaeological sites, one of which had thousands of stone artefacts, including grinding and cutting tools that belonged to people living more than 7,000 years ago. “We are confident many other submerged sites will be found in the years to come,” the team writes. “These will challenge our current understandings and lead to a more complete account of our human past.”

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