ancient stone artefacts associated with a submerged freshwater spring in Western Australia [pdf 13pp] https://www.academia.edu/103778509/Stone_artefacts_on_the_seabed_at_a_submerged_freshwater_spring_confirm_a_drowned_cultural_landscape_in_Murujuga_Western_Australia #palaeolithic #SubmergedLandscapes #Murujuga

Australian underwater archaeology is booming right now. New site discovered in #Murujuga found to be ~9 000 years old - "It goes to show that our culture and our connection to this country hasn't been severed and we still got it today."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-28/underwater-ancient-aboriginal-discovery-pilbara-wa/102529502

#AusQuaternary #Australia #Archaeology

L’un des plus grands ensembles d’art rupestre au monde menacé par les industries pétrochimiques.

Le site de #Murujuga, en #Australie abritant plus d’un million de gravures parfois vieilles de plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’années, souffre des émissions acides qui abîment les surfaces rocheuses.

https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2023/06/01/l-un-des-plus-grands-ensembles-d-art-rupestre-au-monde-menace-par-les-industries-petrochimiques_6175653_1650684.html

#PeinturesRupestres #Pollution #Chimie

Here's an important story from my colleague Eliza Kloser:

"In the North West of Western Australia, 40,000 years ago, Indigenous Australians were carving stories, traditions and information onto what is now known as the world's oldest and largest rock art site.

Today, rock art scientists are in a war of words over how much evidence there is to suggest industrial emissions are damaging the sacred rock art."

Read the full story: https://www.ngaardamedia.com.au/news/tensions-rise-between-scientists-over-industrial-impact-on-murujugas-sacred-rock-art

Dissapointing coverage from ABC Pilbara earlier this week of the Murujuga Rock Art Monitoring program only gave one perspective on this important issue - conveniently the perspective that fits with the state government's line that 'industry and culture can coexist' at Murujuga.

As a news organisation dedicated to serving the Pilbara Aboriginal community, Ngaarda Media isn't pressured to fall into line with government and industry orthodoxies.

#Pilbara #Murujuga #BurrupHub #RockArt #CulturalHeritage #GasIndustry

Solidarity with traditional owners against predatory Woodside destroyers of Indigenous art. #IndigenousX #ausart #Burrup #Murujuga

“The Perth ceramic artist and illustrator #JoanaPartyka and Ballardong Noongar man #DesmondBlurton said in a statement they had defaced the painting to draw attention to #Woodside ’s “ongoing desecration of sacred #Murujuga rock art” at the #Burrup peninsula, more than 1,200km north of #Perth in the #Pilbara.”

Down on his luck.

#FrederickMcCubbin / #ClimateEmergency <https://theguardian.com/culture/2023/jan/19/frederick-mccubbin-painting-defaced-with-woodside-logo-in-protest-at-art-gallery-of-western-australia>

https://climatejustice.social/@timinclimate/109295231677562623
#Woodside #BurrupHub #Murujuga