Teknologi Litik di Situs Talimbue, Sulawesi Tenggara: Teknologi Berlanjut dari Masa Pleistosen Akhir Hingga Holosen.

Abstract

Abstract. The Lithic Technology at Talimbue Site, Southeast Sulawesi: Continuing Technology from Late Pleistocene up to Holocene Periods. The Talimbue site at Southeast Sulawesi is packed with lithic and these offer a new perspective on the lithic technology of Sulawesi. The absence of information on the prehistoric lithic technology of Southeast Sulawesi is a factor of interest that makes research on knowledge of the Talimbue site necessary. Lithic artefacts were manufactured from the terminal Pleistocene to the Late Holocene. This research will disentangle the details of the lithic technology at the Talimbue Site. The analyzed flaked stone artefacts fall into 3 categories, which are retouched flakes, debitage and cores. For its part, debitage was classified into 3 categories, which are complete flakes, broken flakes and debris. The retouch index was also measured so as to provide a quantitative estimate of the level of retouch intensity of the retouched flakes. The results of the analysis indicate changes in the stone flake technology during the period of occupation of the Talimbue Site. The change of technology occurs because the process of adaptation caused by a change of environment. Abstrak. Temuan litik yang sangat padat di Situs Talimbue di Sulawesi Tenggara menunjukkan sebuah persepektif baru dalam kajian teknologi litik di Sulawesi. Kekosongan informasi teknologi litik masa prasejarah di wilayah Sulawesi Tenggara adalah hal yang menarik dikaji dalam penelitian di Situs Talimbue. Artefak litik digunakan dari masa Pleistosen Akhir hingga masa Holosen Akhir. Penelitian ini akan menguraikan secara detail bagaimana teknologi litik di Situs Talimbue. Artefak batu diserpih yang dianalisis menjadi 3 kategori, yaitu serpih diretus, serpihan dan batu inti. Serpihan kemudian diklasifikasi menjadi 3 kategori, yaitu serpih utuh, serpih rusak dan tatal. Pengukuran indeks retus juga dilakukan bertujuan untuk mengestimasi secara kuantitatif tingkat intensitas retus terhadap serpih yang telah diretus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan perubahan teknologi artefak batu diserpih terjadi selama masa hunian di Situs Talimbue. Perubahan teknologi terjadi karena adanya proses adaptasi yang disebabkan oleh perubahan lingkungan.

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

“…Gua Talimbue and Gua Sambagowala are located in the Walandawe area of Southeast Sulawesi, close to the Wiwirano River, which drains rolling terrain interspersed with rugged outcrops of ultramafic ophiolites (oceanic crust that has been uplifted above sea level) and limestone karsts. Both sites produced flaked stone, bone, shell and other finds, including pot sherds in their upper spits (Suryatman et al 2016;Fakhri 2018).…”

“…Both sites produced flaked stone, bone, shell and other finds, including pot sherds in their upper spits (Suryatman et al . 2016; Fakhri 2018).…”

“…We separated the baked clay into plain and patterned fragments, recorded the weight of the fragments to the nearest 0.5g (Table S1 in the online supplementary material (OSM)), and assigned each fragment to the relevant 50mm spit recorded during the excavation (Table S2).

Figure 2.Stratigraphic section of Gua Talimbue squares B and E, with calibrated dates and baked-clay distribution (sources: Table S1; Suryatman et al (2016) incorporated under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence) (figure by D. Bulbeck).

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“…Stratigraphic section of Gua Talimbue squares B and E, with calibrated dates and baked-clay distribution (sources: Table S1; Suryatman et al (2016) incorporated under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence) (figure by D. Bulbeck).…”

The archaeology of Sulawesi: An update, 2016

“…Recent work has also extended the outreach of archaeological research in Sulawesi. Excavations at Gua Talimbue in Southeast Sulawesi, undertaken as part of 'The archaeology of Sulawesi: A strategic island for understanding modern human colonization and interactions across our region' project, have obtained the first Late Pleistocene dates for human habitation on the Sulawesi mainland outside of South Sulawesi (Suryatman et al 2016). And a program of survey and excavation in the Bontocani area in Bone, along the Walennae valley downstream from Lamoncong where the Sarasins undertook their foundational research, has recovered evidence of rock art, haematite in a stratified context and local Toalean habitation (Sardi 2016).…”