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Prehistory Down Under: archaeological investigations of submerged Aboriginal sites at Lake Jasper, Western Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Charles Dortch
Charles Dortch*
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Anthropology Department, Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth WA 6000, Australia
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Much of Australian prehistory lies under water. Although confined to the continent's extreme southwestern corner, field studies described in this report show that this submerged prehistoric component is very real, with numerous archaeological sites and former land surfaces awaiting investigation on the floors of Australia's lakes, rivers and estuaries, and on its submerged continental margins.

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Antiquity , Volume 71 , Issue 271 , March 1997 , pp. 116 - 123
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1997

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