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Prehistoric Oceania. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P. Paleontological sites of Oceania (5 C) Pages in category "Prehistoric Oceania"
Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (or VOC) was a major force behind the Golden Age of Dutch exploration (category; c. 1590s–1720s) and Netherlandish cartography (c. 1570s–1670s). In the 17th century, the VOC's navigators and explorers charted almost three-quarters of the Australian coastline, except the east coast.
Summary of ancient migratory movements in Oceania. Oceania is a geographical region with disputed borders, but generally encompassing Australia, New Guinea, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. [Note 1] The prehistoric peopling of Oceania took place through two major expansion movements. The first occurred between 50 and 70,000 years ago, and ...
Prehistoric Oceania (1 C, 1 P) A. Archaeology in Oceania (6 C, 6 P) Prehistory of Australia (1 C, 1 P) I. Indigenous peoples of Oceania (9 C, 5 P) L.
Zealandia (pronounced / ziːˈlændiə /), also known as Te Riu-a-Māui (Māori) [2] or Tasmantis (from Tasman Sea), [3][4] is an almost entirely submerged mass of continental crust in Oceania that subsided after breaking away from Gondwana 83–79 million years ago. [5]
Tethys Ocean. First phase of the Tethys Ocean's forming: the (first) Tethys Sea starts dividing Pangaea into two supercontinents, Laurasia and Gondwana. The Tethys Ocean (/ ˈtiːθɪs, ˈtɛ -/ TEETH-iss, TETH-; Greek: Τηθύς Tēthús), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era ...
Sahul (/ səˈhuːl /), also called Sahul-land, Meganesia, Papualand and Greater Australia, [1] was a paleocontinent that encompassed the modern-day landmasses of mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Guinea, and the Aru Islands. [2][3][4][5][6] Sahul was in the south-western Pacific Ocean, located approximately north to south between the Equator ...
The supercontinent Pangaea in the early Mesozoic (at 200 Ma) surrounded by Panthalassa. The Pacific Plate began forming when the triple junction at the center of Panthalassa destabilized about 190 million years ago. Panthalassa, also known as the Panthalassic Ocean or Panthalassan Ocean (from Greek πᾶν "all" and θάλασσα "sea"), [1 ...