New engraving finds in Alor Island, Indonesia extend known distribution of engravings in Oceania. (September 2018)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- New engraving finds in Alor Island, Indonesia extend known distribution of engravings in Oceania. (September 2018)
- Main Title:
- New engraving finds in Alor Island, Indonesia extend known distribution of engravings in Oceania
- Authors:
- O'Connor, Sue
Mahirta,
Louys, Julien
Kealy, Shimona
Brockwell, Sally - Abstract:
- 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. Highlights: New engraving sites discovered in Alor Island, Indonesia include figurative and geometric motifs with some combining cupules. Alor Island motifs bear comparison with engravings to the west in mainland Southeast Asia and to the east in Near Oceania. These new finds demonstrate that potentially large numbers of engravings remain to be discovered in Indonesia.
- Is Part Of:
- Archaeological research in Asia. Volume 15(2018)
- Journal:
- Archaeological research in Asia
- Issue:
- Volume 15(2018)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 15, Issue 2018 (2018)
- Year:
- 2018
- Volume:
- 15
- Issue:
- 2018
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2018-0015-2018-0000
- Page Start:
- 116
- Page End:
- 128
- Publication Date:
- 2018-09
- Subjects:
- Rock art -- Engravings -- Cupules -- Island Southeast Asia -- Indonesia -- Oceania -- Mainland Southeast Asia
Archaeology -- Research -- Asia -- Periodicals
Asia -- Antiquities -- Periodicals
930.1095 - Journal URLs:
- https://www.journals.elsevier.com/archaeological-research-in-asia ↗
http://www.sciencedirect.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ara.2017.12.004 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2352-2267
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