Early Metal Age interactions in Island Southeast Asia and Oceania: jar burials from Aru Manara, northern Moluccas

New evidence from the rockshelter site of Aru Manara, on the island of Morotai, in the northern Moluccas, East Indonesia, suggests an earlier than previously assumed date for extensive interactions between this area of Southeast Asia and the wider Pacific. Shared mortuary customs and associated cera...

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Published in:Antiquity 2018-08, Vol.92 (364), p.1023-1039
Main Authors: Ono, Rintaro, Oktaviana, Adhi Agus, Ririmasse, Marlon, Takenaka, Masami, Katagiri, Chiaki, Yoneda, Minoru
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Analysis
Anthropomorphism
Archaeology
Ceramics
Containers
Culture
Death rituals
Excavation
Excavations (Archaeology)
Grave goods
Historic artifacts
Human remains
Indonesia
Islands
Mortuary practice
Neolithic
Neolithic period
Space
Traditions
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Summary:New evidence from the rockshelter site of Aru Manara, on the island of Morotai, in the northern Moluccas, East Indonesia, suggests an earlier than previously assumed date for extensive interactions between this area of Southeast Asia and the wider Pacific. Shared mortuary customs and associated ceramic grave goods, along with other practices such as megalithic traditions, appear to start in the Late Neolithic, but become more widespread and consolidated in the Early Metal Age. Excavations at Aru Manara show that the northern Moluccas may have figured prominently in the newly established network of interaction evidenced at this time, making it an important location in the spread and dispersal of people and culture throughout Island Southeast Asia and into Oceania.
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.15184/aqy.2018.113