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AT-1733

Rapid Flooding of the Sunda Shelf: A Late-Glacial Sea-Level Record

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AT-1733

Sundaland

Why Ancient Inquiry uses this citation here

Primary geological evidence for late-glacial transgression on the Sunda Shelf; not evidence by itself for myth transmission or cultural dispersal.

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Paleogeographic and geological sources establish that large areas of the Sunda Shelf were exposed and later inundated; they do not establish the size or complexity of human populations on the drowned shelf.

Sundaland is one of the most important real submerged landscapes in the Knowledge Map. It gives the lost-civilization conversation a grounded case: a real landmass, real flooding, and real human regional significance.
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Pleistocene sea-level reconstructions identify the Sunda Shelf as exposed land during lower sea levels.

Answer / theory: Yes. It was a real exposed shelf during lower sea levels. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.
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AT-1736 documents Oppenheimer's myth-diffusion synthesis, while AT-1733 establishes shelf flooding; neither source demonstrates a causal link to regional memories or global myth transmission.

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