Hasil Penelitian Balai Arkeologi Sumatera Selatan Diterbitkan di Jurnal Elsevier
Baru-baru ini hasil penelitian yang dilakukan oleh pegawai Balai Arkeologi Sumatera Selatan telah diterbitkan oleh penerbit Elsevier yang berpusat di Amsterdam Belanda. Kedua artikel ini ditulis oleh peneliti muda Balai Arkeologi Sumsel M. Ruly Fauzi. Artikel yang pertama merupakan hasil penelitian tahun 2017 di Bukit Bulan yang diketuai oleh yang bersangkutan. Artikel yang kedua tentang tembikar di daerah Karang Agung yang merupakan hasil penelitian tahun 2015 tentang pemukiman di lahan basah Purwo Agung yang diketuai oleh Nurhadi Rangkuti. Artikel yang pertama terbit dalam Elsevier: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24 (2019) 166-174 dan artikel yang kedua sedang menunggu dicetak.
Artikel yang pertama berjudul “Newly discovered cave art sites from Bukit Bulan, Sumatra: Aligning prehistoric symbolic behavior in Indonesian prehistory”. Berisikan tentang situs seni gua/cadas yang ada di Bukit Bulan, Jambi. Artikel ini menginformasikan temuan baru seni cadas selain yang ada di Gua Harimau. Disebutkan juga seni ini memiliki kesamaan dalam hal penggambaran tokoh manusia dengan seni gua di bagian timur Indonesia.
Artikel yang kedua berjudul “Archaeological evidence from Purwo Agung sits (Karang Agung Tengah): A new perspective on Pre-Srivijayan settlement in the coastal area of South Sumatra”. Artikel ini memberitahukan tentang penemuan situs baru di daerah Karang Agung Tengah yaitu Situs Purwo Agung. Dalam artikel ini, Ruly Fauzi dan Nurhadi Rangkuti memberikan studi detail tentang kumpulan tembikar dari penggalian terkontrol yang dilakukan di Purwo Agung. Dalam artikel diidentifikasi setidaknya dua kelompok utama tembikar dari tembikar halus dan Tembikar Kasar, bersama dengan tiga subkategori, juga adanya kemungkinan tembikar yang telah diimpor ke wilayah tersebut. Abstrak kedua artikel ini dapat dibaca dibawah beserta portal onlinenya.
Newly discovered cave art sites from Bukit Bulan, Sumatra: Aligning prehistoric symbolic behavior in Indonesian prehistory
Mohammad Ruly Fauzi, Fadlan S. Intan, Andy S. Wibowo
Elsevier: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 24 (2019) 166-174
Until recently, the number and distribution of cave art sites in the western Indonesia Archipelago has been somewhat limited, hindering our knowledge of the character and development of cave art in the area. However, the recent discovery of seven new cave art sites in the karstic area of Bukit Bulan (Sumatra) provides an opportunity to augment current knowledge. Descriptive analyses performed on 84 cave art images from Bukit Bulan demonstrates their similarities with those found in the eastern part of Indonesia, including the similar depictions of humanlike (anthropomorphic) figures drawn in the black. Our discoveries in Bukit Bulan not only corroborate the extensive distribution of cave art in the wider Indonesia Archipelago, but also aligns Sumatra as the westernmost region of Indonesia into discourse of prehistoric cave art in Indonesian prehistory.
Kewords: cave art, rock art, symbolic behavior, Bukit Bulan, Austronesia, Indonesian Prehistory
Archaeological evidence from Purwo Agung sits (Karang Agung Tengah): A new perspective on Pre-Srivijayan settlement in the coastal area of South Sumatra
Nurhadi Rangkuti, Mohammad Ruly Fauzi
Elsevier, Archaeological Research in Asia (article in press)
The discovery of a new site in Karang Agung Tengah area provides new insights into Pre-Srivijayan settlement along the southeast coast of Sumatra. At this site, hundreds of potsherds were recovered together with other archaeological materials including human remains associated with burial practices. Although the area has produce valuable information about early settlements before the Srivijayan period, archaeological materials from prior excavations are still poorly understood. In this paper, we provide a detail study of the pottery assemblage from a controlled excavation conducted at Purwo Agung. We identify at least two major groups of pottery from fine pottery and Coarse Pottery, along with three subcategories. Some unusual features of the fine pottery suggest it may have been imported to the region. We also describe similarities burial practices between the coastal and inland settlement based on a Jar-burial discovered at the site. These findings indicate trade and cultural exchange during the Protohistoric period was more extensive than previously known.
Keywords; Pre-Srivijaya, coastal settlement, wetlands, burial, pottery, Purwo Agung
