ABSTRACT

The potential of submerged palaeolandscapes to address questions about global migrations, broad-scale climate and landscape change and human response to this has, to date, been concentrated in the Northern Hemisphere. The Southern Hemisphere has less land, more water and water barriers, higher floral and faunal endemicity and lower population but with indigenous populations that have maintained a connection with coastal and offshore landscapes for at least 40,000 years in Australasia and almost 170,000 years in South Africa. We provide an overview of current knowledge in South America, Southern Africa and Australasia and explore how new palaeogeographic and palaeoecological research, alongside related coastal archaeology, is helping to map out future directions for submerged cultural landscape research in these regions. A common theme across is the need to raise awareness of submerged cultural resources and indigenous knowledge of these as well as the multi-disciplinary approach needed to understand the unique landscapes in which they are preserved.

摘要

迄今为止，水下古景观在解决有关全球迁移、大范围气候和景观变化以及人类对此问题的反应方面的潜力集中在北半球。南半球的土地更少，水和水屏障更多，花卉和动物的地方性更高，人口更少，但土著居民与沿海和近海景观的联系在澳大拉西亚至少有 40,000 年，在南非则有近 170,000 年。我们概述了南美洲、南部非洲和大洋洲的当前知识，并探索新的古地理和古生态研究以及相关的沿海考古学如何帮助规划这些地区水下文化景观研究的未来方向。