Stone
houses showed traces of the oldest settlements in Australia have been found
with the foundation stone circle which is said to be 9,000 years old, situated
on the island of Rosemary, a national heritage in the northwest of Australia.
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| Year Old Stone House Found In Australia Island |
The
research team consists of 14 people from the University of Western Australia
(UWA), led by the Director of the Management and Research Centre of UWA Art
McDonald. They have excavated 8 stone circle of the floor tiles of a house,
showed that each house has separate areas for sleeping and working. House
architecture allows researchers to learn about the lives of people living in
the house at this time.
According
to the study, 9,000 years ago, this place is a mangrove forest with Aboriginal
people live. At the end of the ice age, sea levels rise rapidly each year about
5-10 meters and at the results they are separated into the island from the
mainland.
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| 9000 Year Old Stone House Found In Australia Island |
Rosemary
Island and other islands around the peninsula are known as Murujuga Burrup. The
house is located on a peninsula, where the focus of Aboriginal rock is the
world's largest building materials stone is said to be formed in the Archaean
Eon period from 2,400 million years ago. Due to the magnitude and historical significance,
this area has long been a sacred place for Aboriginal culture locally.
This
discovery is not only is the breakthrough discovery of science but also an evidence
of human work in Murujuga from 21,000 years to 50,000 years ago of the
Aboriginal community.
By: Travel Wonders World
