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Authors: Suryatman
Hakim, Budianto
Fakhri
Title: The Sakkarra site: new data on prehistoric occupation from the Metal Phase (2000 BP) along the Karama drainage, West Sulawesi
Date: 2018
Source: The Archaeology of Sulawesi
Place of Publication: Acton, ACT, Australia
Publisher: Australia National University Press
DOI: 10.22459/TA48.11.2018.13
Abstract: The Karama drainage supported the lifeways of prehistoric Austronesian speakers following their first arrival in Sulawesi. Beginning in 1935, early research along the Karama River brought to light various occupation phases related to the founding lineages and dispersal of Austronesian speakers within Southeast Asia’s borders. More recent research indicates a Neolithic occupation phase between 3500 and 2500 years ago, after which time the Metal Phase began. The Metal Phase is fully demonstrated in the deposits of the Sakkarra site, on the Bonehau River in the southern Karama drainage, as described in this paper. Cultural developments associated with the Neolithic continued unabated into the Early Metal Phase, including the technology of polishing stone artefacts, which indeed appears to have been practised with enhanced skill.
Date Created: 11/27/2018
Editors: O'Connor, Sue
Bulbeck, David
Meyer, Juliet
Volume: 48
Page Start: 207
Page End: 221
Series Editor: O'Connor, Sue
Series Title: Terra Australis