TY - JOUR
T1 - Metal-Age Maritime Culture at Jareng Bori Rockshelter, Pantar Island, Eastern Indonesia
AU - Hawkins, Stuart
AU - Shasliz Arumdhati, Fayeza
AU - Litster, Mirani
AU - Lim, Tse Siang
AU - Basile, Gina
AU - Leclerc, Mathieu
AU - Reepmeyer, Christian
AU - Maloney, Tim Ryan
AU - Boulanger, Clara
AU - Louys, Julien
AU - -, Mahirta
AU - Clark, Geoffrey
AU - Keling, Gendro
AU - Willan, Richard
AU - Yowono, Pratiwi
AU - O'Connor, Sue
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We thank the students of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Devi Mustika Sari, Yuni Suniarti, Alifah, and the villagers of Tuabang and Batu for their invaluable help in the field. Robinus James Laufa of the Department of Education and Culture Kalabahi was invaluable in helping negotiate with local villages for logistical support. Radiocarbon dating was conducted by Rachel Wood at The Australian National University Radiocarbon Dating Centre. The research was conducted as part of ARC Laureate Project FL120100156. SH was also supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation AZ 35/F/18.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements. We thank the students of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Devi Mustika Sari, Yuni Suniarti, Alifah, and the villagers of Tuabang and Batu for their invaluable help in the field. Robinus James Laufa of the Department of Education and Culture Kalabahi was invaluable in helping negotiate with local villages for logistical support. Radiocarbon dating was conducted by Rachel Wood at The Australian National University Radiocarbon Dating Centre. The research was conducted as part of ARC Laureate Project FL120100156. SH was also supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation AZ 35/F/18.
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© 2020 Hawkins, Arumdhati, Litster, Lim, Basile, Leclerc, Reepmeyer, Maloney, Boulanger, Louys, Mahirta, Clark, Keling, Willan, Yuwono, O'Connor. This is an open access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited.
PY - 2020/11/25
Y1 - 2020/11/25
N2 - The archaeological record of Wallacea remains exceptionally fragmentary. This is especially the case for late Holocene human occupation of the region when lifestyle and culture in marginal island environments is relatively unknown. Here we report on the archaeology of Jareng Bori rockshelter, a Metal-Age site spanning c. 1800 cal. BP up to the late historic period and situated on the eastern coast of Pantar Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of eastern Indonesia. We use osteoarchaeological (human and vertebrate remains), invertebrate zooarchaeological (crustacean and molluscan remains), technological (lithics, shell, and pottery) and chemical sourcing (obsidian and metal) datasets to discuss networking, migration, and human subsistence strategies during this recent period of history. While some communities were no doubt living in open village settlements where they were producing pottery, the data indicate that aspects of maritime life-ways continued much as in earlier Pleistocene settlements, with people using rockshelters like Jareng Bori to pursue a range of subsistence activities focused on the shoreline. Shellfishing of rocky and reef intertidal species and fishing for mostly small herbivorous and omnivorous fishes was practised, while domestic animals only appear in the late historic period. Wider regional cultural interactions and networking are epitomized by obsidian exchange, dental modification practices, and pottery decorations, while lithic analyses indicates continuity of stone tool technology up until recent times.
AB - The archaeological record of Wallacea remains exceptionally fragmentary. This is especially the case for late Holocene human occupation of the region when lifestyle and culture in marginal island environments is relatively unknown. Here we report on the archaeology of Jareng Bori rockshelter, a Metal-Age site spanning c. 1800 cal. BP up to the late historic period and situated on the eastern coast of Pantar Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of eastern Indonesia. We use osteoarchaeological (human and vertebrate remains), invertebrate zooarchaeological (crustacean and molluscan remains), technological (lithics, shell, and pottery) and chemical sourcing (obsidian and metal) datasets to discuss networking, migration, and human subsistence strategies during this recent period of history. While some communities were no doubt living in open village settlements where they were producing pottery, the data indicate that aspects of maritime life-ways continued much as in earlier Pleistocene settlements, with people using rockshelters like Jareng Bori to pursue a range of subsistence activities focused on the shoreline. Shellfishing of rocky and reef intertidal species and fishing for mostly small herbivorous and omnivorous fishes was practised, while domestic animals only appear in the late historic period. Wider regional cultural interactions and networking are epitomized by obsidian exchange, dental modification practices, and pottery decorations, while lithic analyses indicates continuity of stone tool technology up until recent times.
KW - Metal-Age
KW - Indonesia
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097775017&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1726
DO - 10.3853/j.2201-4349.72.2020.1726
M3 - Article
SN - 0067-1975
VL - 72
SP - 237
EP - 262
JO - Records of the Australian Museum
JF - Records of the Australian Museum
IS - 5
ER -