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Patterned and plain baked clay from pre-pottery contexts in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2019

David Bulbeck ,
Sue O'Connor ,
Fakhri ,
Jack N. Fenner ,
Ben Marwick Open the ORCID record for Ben Marwick [Opens in a new window] ,
Suryatman ,
Fadhila Aziz ,
Budianto Hakin  and
Unggul P. Wibowo
David Bulbeck*
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, 9 Fellows Road, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2604, Australia
Sue O'Connor
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, 9 Fellows Road, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2604, Australia ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, 9 Fellows Road, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2604, Australia
Fakhri
Affiliation:
Makassar Office for Archaeology, Jalan Pajjaiyang 13, Sudiang, Makassar, Indonesia
Jack N. Fenner
Affiliation:
Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, 9 Fellows Road, Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2604, Australia
Ben Marwick
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, 4218 Memorial Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105, USA
Suryatman
Affiliation:
Makassar Office for Archaeology, Jalan Pajjaiyang 13, Sudiang, Makassar, Indonesia
Fadhila Aziz
Affiliation:
Department of Prehistory, National Centre for Archaeological Research and Development, Jalan Raya Condet Pejaten 4, Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia
Budianto Hakin
Affiliation:
Makassar Office for Archaeology, Jalan Pajjaiyang 13, Sudiang, Makassar, Indonesia
Unggul P. Wibowo
Affiliation:
Indonesian Geological Institute, Jalan Diponegoro 57, Bandung, Indonesia
*
*Author for correspondence (Email: david.bulbeck@anu.edu.au)
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Abstract

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.

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Island Southeast AsiaSulawesiHolocenebaked clayhearths
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Antiquity , Volume 93 , Issue 371 , October 2019 , pp. 1284 - 1302
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