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Oral Geography witnesses rapid post-glacial sea-level rise 8000 years ago

Andy Day

23rd September 2015

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'So, can anyone recall the rapid rise in sea-level at the end of the last glaciation?' Amazingly, the answer seems to be 'Yes'. Studies by a geographer amongst indigenous Australian aboriginal communities pieces together 21 different oral histories that appear to recall the rapid inundation of coastal Australia between 18,000-7000 years ago. Using stories and myths from oral traditions passed down through generations, marine geographer Patrick Nunn and colleagues has linked them to the rapid rise of global sea levels following the last ice advance.

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Andy Day

Andy recently finished being a classroom geographer after 35 years at two schools in East Yorkshire as head of geography, head of the humanities faculty and director of the humanities specialism. He has written extensively about teaching and geography - with articles in the TES, Geography GCSE Wideworld and Teaching Geography.

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