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Neolithic foundations in the Karama valley, West Sulawesi, Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2014

Anggraeni ,
Truman Simanjuntak ,
Peter Bellwood  and
Philip Piper
Anggraeni
Affiliation:
1Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Jalan Sosio Humaniora 1, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia (Email: anggra_eni@ugm.ac.id)
Truman Simanjuntak
Affiliation:
2Center for Prehistoric and Austronesian Studies and National Center for Archaeology, Jalan Raya Condet Pejaten 4, Jakarta 12510, Indonesia (Email: simanjuntaktruman@gmail.com)
Peter Bellwood
Affiliation:
3School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia (Email: peter.bellwood@anu.edu.au; philip.piper@anu.edu.au)
Philip Piper
Affiliation:
3School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia (Email: peter.bellwood@anu.edu.au; philip.piper@anu.edu.au)
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Abstract

Excavations at three open-air sites in the Karama valley of West Sulawesi have revealed similar suites of ceramics and overlapping chronologies. The pottery from the basal layers at Minanga Sipakko and Kamassi resembles that of the Philippines and Taiwan, and suggests the settlement of migrants from those areas, consistent with the theory of Austronesian expansion. The absence of the flaked lithic technology typical of earlier Sulawesi populations indicates that these two sites do not represent the indigenous adoption of Neolithic features. The Karama valley evidence underlines the importance, in the quest for the earliest farmers, of research at open-air sites close to agriculturally suitable land, while indigenous populations may have continued for some time to occupy remote caves and rockshelters.

Keywords

Island Southeast AsiaSulawesiNeolithicpotterypigsriceobsidianAustronesian linguistic prehistory
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Research
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Antiquity , Volume 88 , Issue 341 , September 2014 , pp. 740 - 756
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 2014

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