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

David Bulbeck; Sue O'connor; Jack N. Fenner; Ben Marwick; Fadhila Aziz; Budianto Hakin; Unggul P. Wibowo

doi:10.15184/aqy.2019.134

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

David Bulbeck^*, Sue O'connor, Jack N. Fenner, Ben Marwick, Fadhila Aziz, Budianto Hakin, Unggul P. Wibowo

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1284-1302
Number of pages	19
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	93
Issue number	371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.134
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019

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