New engraving finds in Alor Island, Indonesia extend known distribution of engravings in Oceania

Mahirta, Mahirta (2018) New engraving finds in Alor Island, Indonesia extend known distribution of engravings in Oceania. Archaeological Research in Asia, 15. pp. 116-128. ISSN 23522267

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Abstract

Engraving sites are rare in mainland and Island Southeast Asia and few examples have been identified in the Indonesian islands. Here we report three new engraving locales in Alor Island, Indonesia. The engravings are executed on boulders and in shelters and include figurative and geometric motifs, some combining cupules. Motifs incorporating cupules occur widely in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Near Oceania but have not previously been reported to the west in Indonesia. The Alor engraving sites thus extend the known distribution of cupule-based motifs to the west. These recent finds also indicate that the paucity of engravings found in the islands of eastern Indonesia is likely due to the comparatively few archaeological surveys conducted in this region.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Cupules; Engravings; Indonesia; Island Southeast Asia; Mainland Southeast Asia; Oceania; Rock art
Subjects: C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
Divisions: Faculty of Cultural Sciences > Graduate Program in Archaelogy
Depositing User: OKTAVIANA DWI P
Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2024 04:07
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2024 04:07
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/7327

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