TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterned and plain baked clay from pre-pottery contexts in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia
AU - Bulbeck, Francis
AU - O'Connor, Susan
AU - Fakhri, .
AU - Fenner, Jack
AU - Marwick, Benjamin
AU - Suryatman, .
AU - Aziz, Fadhila Arifin
AU - Hakin, Budianto
AU - Wibowo, Unggul Prasetyo
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Excavations of pre-pottery levels at Gua Talimbue and Gua Sambagowala in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, have yielded nearly 4kg of baked-clay fragments, half of which exhibit intentional patterning. The fragments appear to derive from clay hearths. Here, the authors link the patterning on Early Holocene (c. 9900-8800 cal BP) fragments with the intention to enhance the appearance of the hearths' rims. During the Mid/Late Holocene (c. 4500-2000 cal BP), patterning shifts to the interior surfaces. The effort and specialised skills required to impress patterns on these hearths is, to date, unique in the archaeology of pre-Neolithic Island Southeast Asia.
AB - Excavations of pre-pottery levels at Gua Talimbue and Gua Sambagowala in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, have yielded nearly 4kg of baked-clay fragments, half of which exhibit intentional patterning. The fragments appear to derive from clay hearths. Here, the authors link the patterning on Early Holocene (c. 9900-8800 cal BP) fragments with the intention to enhance the appearance of the hearths' rims. During the Mid/Late Holocene (c. 4500-2000 cal BP), patterning shifts to the interior surfaces. The effort and specialised skills required to impress patterns on these hearths is, to date, unique in the archaeology of pre-Neolithic Island Southeast Asia.
U2 - 10.15184/aqy.2019.134
DO - 10.15184/aqy.2019.134
M3 - Article
VL - 93
SP - 1284
EP - 1302
JO - Antiquity
JF - Antiquity
SN - 0003-598X
IS - 371
ER -