Review of SahulTime (website)

• Published in: Internet Archaeology
• Main Author: Ian Johnson
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of York 2008-07-01
• Subjects: archaeology; review; website; SahulTime; Australia; interactive map
• Online Access: http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue24/reviews/johnson.html

SahulTime is an interactive map of the Australian continent through time, linked to a timeline of sea level change over the last 140,000 years. Navigation within the timeline modifies the coastline of the region, while additional features on the map - such as labelling of geographic areas and symbols for archaeological sites - switch on and off at appropriate times. Symbols on the map lead to pop-up visualisations which are also linked to the timeline. The introduction to SahulTime describes it as a collaborative research project between Matthew Coller, lecturer in Multimedia, and the Monash Faculty of Arts (Centre for GIS and Centre for Indigenous Archaeology). The research in question is aimed primarily at ways of using multimedia to communicate information to students, and SahulTime should be assessed in this context rather than as a finished educational product, although it is perfectly usable as it stands.