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Aborigines built stone ?houses? 9,000 years ago
University of Western Australia archaeologists discovered the ****** of knee-high stone rings on Rosemary Island in the Dampier Archipelago, an area rich in Aboriginal rock art, several years ago. But they were only recently dated to being 8,000 to 9,000 years old, meaning the island is home to one of Australia’s oldest settlements. "Excavations on Rosemary Island, one of the outer islands, have uncovered evidence of one of the earliest k**wn domestic structures in Australia, dated between 8,000 and 9,000 years ago," researcher Jo McDonald said in a statement this week. "This is an astounding find and has **t only e**rmous scientific significance but will be of great benefit to Aboriginal communities in the area, enhancing their connections to their deep past and cultural heritage." Professor McDonald, director of the university’s Centre for Rock Art Research and Management, said the "houses" would probably have been covered with roofs made from plants or skins. The spaces were divided up, with one area apparently used for grinding seeds while a**ther held the remains of shells gathered for food. There were also engravings on several of the boulders. McDonald said the find suggested that Aboriginal people had occupied the island before and through the last ice age but that as rising sea levels flooded what were once coastal plains, they were forced to live in more cramped spaces. "The fact that people that long ago are thinking about how they can better deal with space... it certainly challenges most people’s idea of what a hunter-gatherer is," McDonald told AFP on Friday. The researchers hope their work, which is in collaboration with the Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation, will help the site gain World Heritage listing. أكثر... ??????? ??????: Aborigines built stone ?houses? 9,000 years ago || ??????: ahlam1399 || ??????: اسم منتداك
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