Title on Photograph: THE PACIFIC AND INDONESIA 5,000- 500 BC. THE EXTENT OF EARLY SETTLEMENT, 4,000 BC.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 50.
Comments on Subject: IN ABOUT 4,000 BC GLACIAL ICE FINISHED MELTING AND SEA LEVEL REACHED ITS CURRENT LEVEL, PERHAPS 150 METRES HIGHER THAN IT HAD BEEN 10,000 YEARS EARLIER. RISING SEA LEVEL GRADUALLY INUNDATED LOW-LYING AREAS LEAVING HUNDREDS OF ISLANDS THAT WOULD FORMERLY HAVE BEEN CONTINENTAL LAND MASSES.
