Australia’s First People: Oldest Sites and Early Culture

Christopher J Clarkson; Kasih Norman; Susan O'Connor; Jane Balme; Peter Veth; Ceri Shipton

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Australia’s First People: Oldest Sites and Early Culture

Christopher J Clarkson, Kasih Norman, Susan O'Connor, Jane Balme, Peter Veth, Ceri Shipton

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Mainland Australia was connected to New Guinea and Tasmania at various times throughout the Pleistocene and formed the supercontinent of Sahul. Sahul contains some of the earliest known archaeological evidence for Homo sapiens outside of Africa, with a growing record of early complex social, technological, and artistic life. Here we present an overview of the oldest known sites in Australia along with key evidence pertaining to the dynamic cultures of early Aboriginal peoples. We review debates surrounding the age of

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea
Editors	Ian J. McNiven and Bruno David
Place of Publication	England
Publisher	Oxford Uniting Press
Pages	1-20
Volume	1
ISBN (Print)	9780190095611
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190095611.013.9
Publication status	Published - 2022

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The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Indigenous Australia and New Guinea. ed. / Ian J. McNiven and Bruno David. Vol. 1 England: Oxford Uniting Press, 2022. p. 1-20.

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