Penggunaan Bahan Alami pada Bahan Restorasi Lukisan Gua Prasejarah Maros Pangkep (Sulawesi Selatan)

Suhartono, Yudi

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“…Here, we explore the possibility that the early onset of gypsum efflorescence in the Maros-Pangkep rock art shelters is due to human agency. An important clue to the underlying cause was provided by Suhartono (2015) and Thosibo et al (2019), and more recently , who showed that elevated sulphur abundances associated with gypsum are common throughout the rock art panels. Sulphur is the limiting element for gypsum formation.…”

Section: Neolithic Arrival Of Rice Agriculture and Rock Art Degradationmentioning

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“…And in the mid-1980s, restoration of heavily damaged artwork was undertaken in the Leang Petta Kere and Leang Sumpang Bita cave sites . Since then, the Indonesian archaeology community has produced a body of evidence on the damage and described a range of potential physical, chemical and biological causes (e.g., Suhartono, 2012;Permana, 2015;Suhartono, 2015;Thosibo et al, 2019;Habibi et al, 2020;Rustan et al, 2020;Yusriana et al, 2020).…”

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The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi

Gagan¹,

Halide²,

Permana³

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The Maros-Pangkep karst in southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia, contains some of the world’s oldest rock art. However, the Pleistocene images survive only as weathered patches of pigment on exfoliated limestone surfaces. Salt efflorescence underneath the case-hardened limestone substrate causes spall-flaking, and it has been proposed that the loss of artwork has accelerated over recent decades. Here, we utilise historical photographs and superposition constraints toshow that the bulk of the damage was present before 1950 CE, and describe the role of anthropogenic sulphuremissions in promoting gypsum-salt efflorescence and rock art decay. The rock art shelters have been exposed to domestic fire-use and intensive rice cultivation with post-harvest burning of straw for hundreds (if not thousands) of years, both of which release chemically reactive sulphur oxides for gypsum formation, with cumulative effects. Analysis of time-lapse photography indicates that the rate of rock art loss may be on the decline, consistent with the history of fire-use in southwest Sulawesi. At present, vandalism and sulphur emissions from diesel-powered traffic and cement-based infrastructure development constitute localised threats. Our findings indicate that there are grounds for being cautiously optimistic that targeted conservation measures will ensure the longevity of some of our oldest artistictreasures.

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Section: Neolithic Arrival Of Rice Agriculture and Rock Art Degradationmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi

Gagan¹,

Halide²,

Permana³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…Here, we explore the possibility that the early onset of gypsum efflorescence in the Maros-Pangkep rock art shelters is due to human agency. An important clue to the underlying cause was provided by Suhartono 10 and Thosibo et al 12 , and more recently Huntley et al 15 , who showed that elevated sulphur abundances associated with gypsum are common throughout the rock art panels. Sulphur is the limiting element for gypsum formation.…”

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“…And in the mid-1980s, restoration of heavily damaged artwork was undertaken in the Leang Petta Kere and Leang Sumpang Bita rock shelters 5,6 . Since then, the Indonesian archaeology community has produced a body of evidence on the damage and described a range of potential physical, chemical and biological causes 3,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] .…”

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The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi

Gagan

Halide

Permana

et al. 2022

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The Maros-Pangkep karst in southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia, contains some of the world’s oldest rock art. However, the Pleistocene images survive only as weathered patches of pigment on exfoliated limestone surfaces. Salt efflorescence underneath the case-hardened limestone substrate causes spall-flaking, and it has been proposed that the loss of artwork has accelerated over recent decades. Here, we utilise historical photographs and superposition constraints to show that the bulk of the damage was present before 1950 CE, and describe the role of anthropogenic sulphur emissions in promoting gypsum-salt efflorescence and rock art decay. The rock art shelters have been exposed to domestic fire-use and intensive rice cultivation with post-harvest burning of straw for hundreds (if not thousands) of years, both of which release chemically reactive sulphur oxides for gypsum formation, with cumulative effects. Analysis of time-lapse photography indicates that the rate of rock art loss may be on the decline, consistent with the history of fire-use in southwest Sulawesi. At present, vandalism and sulphur emissions from diesel-powered traffic and cement-based infrastructure development constitute localised threats. Our findings indicate that there are grounds for being cautiously optimistic that targeted conservation measures will ensure the longevity of some of our oldest artistic treasures.

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Penggunaan Bahan Alami pada Bahan Restorasi Lukisan Gua Prasejarah Maros Pangkep (Sulawesi Selatan)

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The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi

The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi

The historical impact of anthropogenic air-borne sulphur on the Pleistocene rock art of Sulawesi

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