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Review: The central Indonesian island of Sulawesi has recently been hitting headlines with respect to its archaeology. It contains some of the oldest directly dated rock art in the world, and some of the oldest evidence for a hominin presence beyond the southeastern limits of the Ice Age Asian continent. In this volume, scholars from Indonesia and Australia come together to present their research findings and views on a broad range of topics. From early periods, these include observations on Ice Age climate, life in caves and open sites, rock art, and the animals that humans exploited and lived alongside. The archaeology presented from later periods covers the rise of the Bugis kingdom, Chinese trade ceramics, and a range of site-based and regional topics from the Neolithic through to the arrival of Islam. This carefully edited volume is the first to be devoted entirely to the archaeology of the island of Sulawesi, and it lays down a baseline for significant future research.

Table of Contents:

• Intro; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. The archaeology of Sulawesi: An update, 2016; 2. The joint Australian-Indonesian archaeological expedition to South Sulawesi in 1969 in context; 3. Vegetation and climate of the Last Glacial Maximum in Sulawesi; 4. The contemporary importance and future of Sulawesi's ancient rock art; 5. Cave art, art and geometric morphometrics: Shape changes and the babirusa of Sulawesi; 6. Hand stencils and boats in the painted rock art of the karst region of Muna Island, Southeast Sulawesi
• 7. Black drawings at the cave site of Gua Pondoa, Southeast Sulawesi: The motifs and a comparison with pigment art elsewhere in Sulawesi and the broader Western Pacific region8. Holocene site occupancy in Sulawesi; 9. The human occupation record of Gua Mo'o hono shelter, Towuti-Routa region of Southeastern Sulawesi; 10. Vertebrate fauna from Gua Sambangoala, Southeast Sulawesi; 11. Prehistoric sites in Kabupaten Enrekang, South Sulawesi; 12. Mansiri in North Sulawesi: A new dentate-stamped pottery site in Island Southeast Asia
• 13. The Sakkarra site: New data on prehistoric occupation from the Metal Phase (2000 BP) along the Karama drainage, West Sulawesi14. Neolithic dispersal implications of murids from late Holocene archaeological and modern natural deposits in the Talaud Islands, northern Sulawesi; 15. Development of marine and terrestrial resource use in the Talaud Islands AD 1000-1800, northern Sulawesi region; 16. Imported tradeware ceramics and their relevance for dating socio-political developments in South Sulawesi, with special reference to the Allangkanangnge ri Latanete site
• 17. Material culture at Allangkanangnge ri Latanete in relation to the origins of Bugis kingdoms18. Reflections on the social and cultural aspects of the megalithic site of Onto, Bantaeng, South Sulawesi; 19. Typology and efflorescence of early Islamic tomb and gravestone forms in South Sulawesi and Majene, West Sulawesi; 20. Typology of early Islamic graves of Mamuju, West Sulawesi

Author/Creator:

O'Connor, Sue

Contributors:

Bulbeck, David

Meyer, Juliet

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The Archaeology of Sulawesi: Current Research on the Pleistocene to the Historic Period [by O'Connor, S.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Archaeology of Sulawesi : Current Research on the Pleistocene to the Historic Period [by O'Connor, S.] (Canberra : ANU Press, ©2018)

Related Series:

Terra Australis Ser.

Subjects:

Archaeology and history — Indonesia — Sulawesi

Sulawesi (Indonesia) — Antiquities

Archaeology and history

Antiquities

Indonesia — Sulawesi

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 pages).

Call Numbers:

DS646.47 .O266 2018eb

ISBNs:

9781760462574 (electronic bk.)
1760462578 (electronic bk.)
9781760462567 (paperback) [Invalid]
176046256X (paperback) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1078572056