Dampier Archipelago cultural landscape

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The Dampier Archipelago cultural landscape is a heritage-rich coastal region in Western Australia renowned for its exceptionally dense and ancient Aboriginal rock art and archaeological sites.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal cultural landscape
cultural landscape
heritage place
associatedWith Aboriginal traditional owners
Murujuga
contains burial sites
camping places
ceremonial sites
petroglyphs
quarries
rock engravings
shell middens
stone arrangements
environmentType arid zone
coastal
hasChronology tens of thousands of years of cultural continuity
hasCulturalValueFor Aboriginal communities of the Pilbara
hasEarliestEvidenceOf Pleistocene Aboriginal occupation
hasFeature coastal islands and peninsulas
intertidal zones
rocky outcrops
hasHeritageType Indigenous heritage
archaeological heritage
rock art landscape
hasManagementConcern balancing heritage conservation and resource development
protection of rock art from industrial emissions
hasSignificance exceptional archaeological site density
long-term record of human occupation
outstanding concentration of Aboriginal rock art
locatedIn Australia
Dampier Archipelago
Pilbara region
Western Australia
partOf Murujuga cultural landscape
recognizedFor antiquity of archaeological record
density of rock art
threatenedBy industrial development
port and mining infrastructure
usedFor archaeological research
traditional cultural practices

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Burrup Peninsula partOf Dampier Archipelago cultural landscape
Murujuga National Park partOf Murujuga cultural landscape
linked to: Dampier Archipelago cultural landscape