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@decolonialatlas At first I thought it was remarkable that a people with no satellites, planes or even basic cartographic tools could make something so accurate...

Then I remembered I'd once read how modern indigenous australians have names for - and can point to the locations of - mountains which have been underwater for thousands of years as a result of rising sea levels. 🌊 🗻

Never underestimate the connection of the indigenous to their home... 🌅 🌍 🌌

#Indigenous #Maps

@decolonialatlas especially since these are "readable in the dark" would you mind editing to add alt text? My attempt:

Three pieces of carved wood on top of a map showing a complicated coast with lots of promontories, bays, and off-coast islands. Each piece of wood is a short rod, with notches carved into the sides. The image includes lines to show how the notches correspond to bays on the map and the protrusions in between correspond to promontories; each piece of wood matches one part of the map, and is about the right size to fit inside a closed hand.

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Calling @yehuda @quawzilla and @IndigenousFoodSov

Look at how cool this is!