Great Barrier Reef discovery overturns belief Aboriginal Australians did not make pottery, archaeologists say
The Guardian - 2024-04-09T20:00:28.000Z

Paper dates 82 pottery pieces found in single dig site at between 3,000 and 2,000 years oldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGroundbreaking archaeological research may have upended the longstanding belief that Aboriginal Australians did not make pottery.A paper published in the Quaternary Science Reviews on Wednesday details the finding of 82 pottery pieces from a single dig site on a Great Barrier Reef...

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