Kisar, a small island participant in an extensive maritime obsidian network in the Wallacean Archipelago

Mahirta, Mahirta (2019) Kisar, a small island participant in an extensive maritime obsidian network in the Wallacean Archipelago. Archaeological Research in Asia, 19. pp. 1-8. ISSN 23522267

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Abstract

Here we report the results of a pXRF analysis of obsidian stone artefacts from Here Sorot Entapa rockshelter (HSE) on Kisar Island in the Wallacean Archipelago. With the exception of a single flake, all the obsidian artefacts in this site are from a single source. Kisar has a metamorphic geology with fringing uplifted limestone terraces which makes obsidian raw material exotic to the island. The Kisar obsidian is a chemical match to obsidian of an unknown source previously recovered from sites in Alor Island to the west, and which also appears in Timor Leste to the south. The obsidian results suggest that Kisar was receiving exotic obsidian from ~15,000 years ago, and was linked with Alor and Timor in a maritime interaction network from at least 13,000 years ago.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Indonesian islands; Interaction Networks; Maritime transport; Obsidian; Risk buffering
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
Divisions: Faculty of Cultural Sciences > Graduate Program in Archaelogy
Depositing User: OKTAVIANA DWI P
Date Deposited: 17 Sep 2024 06:40
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2024 06:40
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/7091

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