129 Holocene records of environment and freshwater availability from tufa archives: implications for human occupation at Murujuga, NW WA

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dc.contributor.authorMather, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorTucker, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorLeopold, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorLevchenko, VAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorO'Leary, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorMorrison, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, Jen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T01:20:17Zen_AU
dc.date.available2023-03-31T01:20:17Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2022-12-06en_AU
dc.date.statistics2023-03-30en_AU
dc.description.abstractMurujuga in NW Western Australia is the world’s largest rock art province, with over 1 million engravings. The art and other archaeological evidence in this landscape are an important record of human response to the changing climate following the last ice-age. 130 m of sea level rise following Last Glacial Maximum (LGM ~22 kya) transformed Murujuga from an inland range to a coastal archipelago. We discuss the potential of freshwater tufa as multi-proxy archives to inform on the local environmental and climatic change that impacted this region during the Holocene. Tufa, which are calcium carbonate deposits that form from freshwater springs and seeps in river channels, provide a proxy of past freshwater availability. Establishing the age and rate of tufa formation will enhance our understanding of the presence and permanence of water holes that would have been important for human occupation. Outcomes of this work will provide context to the extraordinary archaeological record documented in Murujuga rock art.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationMather, C., Tucker, M., Leopold, M., Levchenko, V., O’Leary, M., Morrison, P., & McDonald, J. (2022). Holocene records of environment and freshwater availability from tufa archives: implications for human occupation at Murujuga, NW WA. Presentation to the AQUA 2022 Conference, 6-8th December 2022, Adelaide, (pp. 129-130). Retrieved from: https://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua-2022/aqua-2022-conference-program-and-abstracts/en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate8 December 2022en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencenameAQUA 2022 Conferenceen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceAdelaide, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate6 December 2022en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination129-130en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://aqua.org.au/conference/aqua-2022/aqua-2022-conference-program-and-abstracts/en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/14773en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralasian Quaternary Associationen_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmenten_AU
dc.subjectFresh wateren_AU
dc.subjectWestern Australiaen_AU
dc.subjectClimatesen_AU
dc.subjectCalcium carbonatesen_AU
dc.subjectSea levelen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeological specimensen_AU
dc.subjectDepositsen_AU
dc.subjectCultural objectsen_AU
dc.title129 Holocene records of environment and freshwater availability from tufa archives: implications for human occupation at Murujuga, NW WAen_AU
dc.typeConference Abstracten_AU
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