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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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