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Sembiran and Pacung on the north coast of Bali: a strategic crossroads for early trans-Asiatic exchange

Authors :
James Lankton
Jack N. Fenner
Ni L.K. Citha Yuliati
Peter Bellwood
Rachel Wood
Cristina Castillo
Heidrun Schenk
Andreas Reinecke
Verena Leusch
Christian Reepmeyer
Thomas Oliver Pryce
I Dewa Kompiang Gede Kompiang Gede
Ambra Calo
Bernard Gratuze
Bagyo Prasetyo
Alison Carter
Rochtri Agung Bawono
Source :
Antiquity. 89:378-396
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Antiquity Publications, 2015.

Abstract

Studies of trade routes across Southeast Asia in prehistory have hitherto focused largely on archaeological evidence from Mainland Southeast Asia, particularly the Thai Peninsula and Vietnam. The role of Indonesia and Island Southeast Asia in these networks has been poorly understood, owing to the paucity of evidence from this region. Recent research has begun to fill this void. New excavations at Sembiran and Pacung on the northern coast of Bali have produced new, direct AMS dates from burials, and analytical data from cultural materials including pottery, glass, bronze, gold andsemi-precious stone, as well as evidence of local bronze-casting. This suggests strong links with the Indian subcontinent and Mainland Southeast Asia from the late first millennium BC, some 200 years earlier than previously thought.

Details

ISSN :
17451744 and 0003598X
Volume :
89
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Antiquity
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........9cc3a30de2480df44ec8140bab578dd3
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2014.45