[HTML][HTML] Morphology and distribution of submerged palaeoshorelines: Insights from the North West Shelf of Australia

U Lebrec, R Riera, V Paumard, MJ O'Leary… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Palaeoshorelines and associated palaeo-coastal features are studied to reconstruct past
sea level, climate, and depositional environments. Their identification typically depends on …

The coastal migration theory: Formulation and testable hypotheses

LG Davis, DB Madsen - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of well-documented sites in the Americas predating and south of the opening
of an ice-free corridor in the North American ice sheets lends credence to a Pacific coastal …

[HTML][HTML] Aboriginal artefacts on the continental shelf reveal ancient drowned cultural landscapes in northwest Australia

J Benjamin, M O'Leary, J McDonald, C Wiseman… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
This article reports Australia's first confirmed ancient underwater archaeological sites from
the continental shelf, located off the Murujuga coastline in north-western Australia. Details …

Shell midden archaeology: Current trends and future directions

TC Rick - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2023 - Springer
Since the 19th century, the study of shell middens has played an important role in
archaeological research. Shell midden and broader coastal archaeology have transformed …

A multi-scalar approach to marine survey and underwater archaeological site prospection in Murujuga, Western Australia

C Wiseman, M O'Leary, J Hacker, F Stankiewicz… - Quaternary …, 2021 - Elsevier
During the past 20,000 years approximately one-quarter of the continental landmass of
Australia was inundated by postglacial sea-level rise, submerging archaeological evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Drilling 1100-km-long seafloor ridges reveals how palaeoshorelines control carbonate shelf morphologies (North West Shelf, Australia)

U Lebrec, R Riera, M O'Leary, JM Webster… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rowley Shelf, the southern half of the tropical, carbonate-dominated, North
West Shelf of Australia, is covered with linear ridges that can be tracked parallel to the coast …

Soils and terrestrial sediments on the seafloor: Refining archaeological paleoshoreline estimates and paleoenvironmental reconstruction off the California coast

AE Gusick, J Maloney, TJ Braje, GJ Retallack… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
On global, regional, and local scales, sea level histories and paleoshoreline reconstructions
are critical to understanding the deep history of human adaptations in island and coastal …

The magnificent seven: Marine submerged precontact sites found by systematic geoarchaeology in the Americas

MK Faught, MF Smith - Submerged Prehistory in the Americas, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
There are significant challenges to answering questions of Native American precontact
history with data from sites in marine submerged continental shelf settings. We find seven …

Re-evaluating terminal Pleistocene and Early Holocene settlement patterns with Chirp subbottom data from around California's Northern Channel Islands

TJ Braje, J Maloney, A Gusick, JM Erlandson… - World …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT California's Northern Channel Islands contain an incredible record of terminal
Pleistocene and Early Holocene human occupation. Since the hunter-gatherer-fishers who …

Archaeology of the continental shelf: Submerged cultural landscapes

R Bynoe, J Benjamin, NC Flemming - Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology, 2023 - Springer
Over 3000 submerged cultural landscapes with archaeological indicators from the
Pleistocene/Early Holocene on the continental shelf are known worldwide. These range …