Disspain, Morgan C.F., Manne, Tiina, and Lambrides, Ariana (2025) There were plenty of fish in the sea: the archaeology of fish consumption in Australia. In: Shanahan, Madeline, (ed.) Archaeologies of Food in Australia. Tom Austen Brown Studies in Australasian Archaeology . Sydney University Press, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 81-108.

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Abstract

Settlement of the Australian continent occurred 60,000–65,000 years ago (Clarkson, et al. 2017). At that time, global sea levels were considerably lower, and Australia was part of a vast landmass, called Sahul, joined with Papua New Guinea to the north and Tasmania to the south. We know that people must have made water-crossings to reach Sahul, either from the north into New Guinea, or south along the Lesser Sunda Islands into Australia. Did people eat fish and other marine resources thousands of years ago when they crossed into Australia? This question is difficult to answer, as the coastline of most of this supercontinent today lies submerged, creating challenges for understanding how people may have used these earlier coastlines.

Item ID:	86682
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	9781761540493
Copyright Information:	© Individual authors 2025 © Sydney University Press 2025
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2025 23:50
FoR Codes:	45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4501 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history > 450101 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander archaeology @ 50% 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4301 Archaeology > 430101 Archaeological science @ 50%
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