Meganesia has been elevated 126 meters, preventing inundation of the Sahul Shelf during the Holocene and allowing a millet based neolithic revolution 10000YA and the development of agrarian societies in lowlands between what are now New Guinea and Australia 3500YA.
Can anybody add rivers to this map for me? I have the QGIS file but the GRASS raster functions have a glitch on my computer. Also, the lakes were added using the instant alpha tool in Preview after the map was converted to a PNG. Could anyone create a GIS shapefile for the lakes so I don't have...
Found a higher resolution map in my archives
Again, discussion is here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-the-sahul-shelf-were-not-submerged-during-the-holocene.402276/page-2
The Sahul shelf is raised 126 meters, preventing submersion during the Holocene
Created by stitching two maps with different sea levels together, each made using topographic data and QGIS. Inland water bodies were added manually.
Alternate History Discussion Here...
Arafuran Civilization - If the Sahul shelf had remained exposed during the holocene
Hallo Peoples!
I have been developing the idea of a civilization on the Sahul shelf. Here's the idea:
Instead of keeping the world in an ice age, I want to raise the Sahul continent by 110 meters such that...