Early Polities in Southern Sumatra: Some Preliminary Observations Based on Archaeological Evidence

McKinnon, E. Edwards

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“…Map of the study site. Black triangles represent the five largest settlement complex (1–140 ha) that existed around the period of the Malayu Empire: (1) Lambur, (2) Kota Kandis, (3) Jebus, (4) Suak Kandis and (5) Candi Teluk (Alam, ; McKinnon, )…”

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“…The Malayu Empire was one of the largest empires in Indonesian history and renowned as the largest pepper centre in Sumatra (Witrianto, ). This empire is reported to have been established prior to the 7th century and is suspected to be part of the Srivijaya Kingdom (McKinnon, ; Rahman, ; Wolters, ). An inscription found in Karang Brahi (Merangin, Jambi) suggests that the Malayu Empire was previously based in the upper Batanghari (Andaya, ; McKinnon, ; Wolters, ).…”

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“…Muara Jambi, the capital of the Empire, was built later between the 9th and 10th century (McKinnon, ; Tjoa‐Bonatz, Neidel, & Widiatmoko, ). This temple complex served as an administrative and ceremonial centre, a settlement and an important international trading centre (McKinnon, ; Tjoa‐Bonatz et al., ). Muara Jambi was surrounded by some small settlements, with the five largest complexes ranging from 1 to 140 ha in size (Figure ; Alam, ).…”

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“…In 1347 AD , King Adityawarman declared his independence from Majapahit and moved the Empire to Saruaso, Minangkabau‐West Sumatra (Kozok & van Reijn, ; Witrianto, ). The settlements of the Muara Jambi complex and on the lower Batanghari were later destroyed completely by the Javanese in 1377 ad (McKinnon, ; Wolters, ).…”

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Resilience of a peatland in Central Sumatra, Indonesia to past anthropogenic disturbance: Improving conservation and restoration designs using palaeoecology

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1. Tropical peatlands, which provide important functions such as biodiversity provisioning and carbon (C) storage, are currently threatened by land-use conversions.Thus, conservation and restoration efforts are needed to maintain their functions.Conservation concepts aiming to separate human from ecosystems are no longer conceivable. Therefore, understanding peatland resilience to human disturbance, that is the ability of peatland ecosystems to maintain their structure and function despite perturbations and to return to their predisturbance states, can assist with integrating human needs into conservation strategies and improving restoration effectiveness.2. Understanding ecosystem resilience is often impeded by a lack of long-term data, which can be obtained from palaeoecological studies. Located close to the archaeological remains of the Malayu Empire, the Sungai Buluh peatland in Sumatra, Indonesia provides an opportunity to study the resilience of a tropical peatland to past human disturbance. We subjected a 250-cm-long peat core to palynological, charcoal and C content analyses to delineate the anthropogenic impact on the peatland and the ecosystem's response.3. The results revealed that extensive human activities in Sungai Buluh such as logging, grazing/cut-and-carry, and wild-harvesting started soon after humans occupied the vicinity of the peatland c. 1,000 cal yr bp. Even without fire use and cultivation, these activities were able to alter vegetation composition and decrease the peatland's C sequestration capacity. 4. Following site abandonment after the demise of the Malayu Empire at c. 600 cal yr bp, the palaeoecological record suggests that the Sungai Buluh peatland recovered in terms of both floristic composition and C sink function, with the latter recovering faster (c. 60 years) than the former (c. 170 years). 5. Synthesis. The palaeoecological record from Sungai Buluh provides the first evidence of tropical peatland recovery following human disturbance, which can help improve present peatland conservation/restoration strategies. The design of peatland wise-use strategies can mimic the "resilience-friendly" human activities identified in this study. Consideration should also be given to selecting rapidly the 170-year recovery time of the Sungai Buluh peatland suggests that the 60year timeframe currently allocated in most tropical peatland restoration projects may be insufficient. K E Y W O R D S ecosystem function and services, human activities, local policy, natural recovery, palaeoecology and land-use history, peat carbon sink, restoration design, sustainable use | 2475 Journal of Ecology HAPSARI et Al.

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“…It is that ceremony that the people listed as witnesses probably attended, being the most important of local personages. There are some very exciting descriptions of these ceremonies in Javanese and Sumatran inscriptions, where incantations are recited, chicken's throats slit, and eggs smashed into the ground (Veerdonk ; McKinnon ), but there seems to be no such descriptions in Lanna inscriptions. As most rituals involved a libation, the pouring of water to the ground, emphasizing the irrevocability of the deed accomplished or the statements made, such an act was likely associated with the event where the inscription text was proclaimed .…”

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Curses, Truth, and the Coming of Maitreya – Lanna Inscriptions as Objects of Power

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Early Polities in Southern Sumatra: Some Preliminary Observations Based on Archaeological Evidence

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Resilience of a peatland in Central Sumatra, Indonesia to past anthropogenic disturbance: Improving conservation and restoration designs using palaeoecology

Resilience of a peatland in Central Sumatra, Indonesia to past anthropogenic disturbance: Improving conservation and restoration designs using palaeoecology

Curses, Truth, and the Coming of Maitreya – Lanna Inscriptions as Objects of Power

An Enclosure in the Garden of Love

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