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At AAA next week I’ll present the result that the Boodie Cave shellfish record is currently the oldest evidence in Australia of Aboriginal people harvesting shellfish 50,000 years ago.

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#archaeomalacology
#pleistocene #ancientmaritimity
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November 29, 2024 at 8:26 AM
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting my PhD results at the Australian Archaeology Conference in Cairns, showing the consistent harvesting of subtidal sea grass shellfish from 51-36 to 18-6.5 ka at Boodie Cave

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#archaeomalacology
#iceage #pleistocene #ancientmaritimity
#zooarchaeology
December 3, 2024 at 2:18 AM
On Wednesday morning I’ll be presenting results of my quantitative analysis of the 50,000 year old marine invertebrate record from Boodie Cave, NW Australia at the Australian Archaeology Conference in Cairns.

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#archaeomalacology
#shellfish #ancientmaritimity
#zooarchaeology
November 29, 2024 at 8:18 AM