Future changes in sea-level are projected to have significant environmental and social
impacts, but we have limited understanding of comparable rates of change in the past. Using …

This contribution synthesizes archaeological studies of human economies from the Barrow–
Montebello islands and uses the area's archaeological record to determine the effects of …

For most of the period of human occupation of Sahul (the combined Pleistocene landmass of
Australia and New Guinea), lower sea levels exposed an extensive area of the northwest of …

The Quaternary is well known for being a period of the geological record that saw significant
and alternating climatic fluctuations. Here, we concentrate on the last 94 millennia that saw …

The course of Irish sea levels during the late‐Holocene is not well‐known, yet it is an
understanding of this period that will prove crucial in the definition and management of …

Reconstructing past sea levels can help constrain uncertainties surrounding the rate of
change, magnitude, and impacts of the projected increase through the 21st century. Of …

As the great antiquity of human settlement in Australia becomes clear, so does the distinctive
character of human adaptation in the continent. In particular, the Holocene transformation of …

Throughout history, human societies dependent upon coastal environments have adapted to
changes in sea level. Drowned peat layers on the North Sea continental shelf contain …

There are few archaeological sites that contain records for Pleistocene coastal occupation in
Australia, as is the case globally. Two major viewpoints seek to explain why so few sites …

It has been known since Rhodes Fairbridge's first attempt to establish a global pattern of
Holocene sea-level change by combining evidence from Western Australia and from sites in …