Katungal: Managing archaeological sites threatened by sea level rise

This project aims to investigate Aboriginal coastal archaeological sites and landforms endangered by sea level rise. It expects to generate new knowledge on the distribution, characteristics and antiquity of archaeological sites in vulnerable landforms of the Gippsland coast. Expected outcomes are the development of a new, nationally and internationally applicable method to predict and monitor the susceptibility of coastal archaeological sites to erosion, and the training of a generation of Aboriginal Sea Rangers in land-and-sea Country research, monitoring and management. This should provide significant benefits for the management of coastal archaeological sites and landscapes by Indigenous organisations and land management agencies.