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Indonesian Megaliths: A Forgotten Cultural Heritage (Paperback)
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Indonesian Megaliths: A Forgotten Cultural Heritage (Paperback)
Series: Laboratoire d'archeologie prehistorique UNIGE
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Indonesian Megaliths: A forgotten cultural heritage' highlights
aspects of Indonesian culture which are currently misunderstood and
sometimes threatened by destruction. Although they are relatively
recent in origin, the Indonesian megaliths offer similarities to
their counterparts in the Middle East and Arabia: they reflect the
rise to prominence of local chiefs in a context of acculturation
which prompted the need to build megalithic monuments to bury the
dead, and to honour, commemorate and communicate with ancestors. In
societies of oral tradition, these stones punctuate the landscape
to transmit the memory of men and social structure from one
generation to the next. Based on scientific documents (articles,
archaeological reports) and field visits, this new exploration
clarifies various elements of the Indonesian megaliths, including
their function in the daily life of the tribes and the use of
certain stones for musical purposes (lithophony). In Nias, Sumba
and Toraya, the megalith tradition is still alive and
ethno-anthropological studies of these three regions provide a
unique chance to complement the archaeological perspectives on
megalithic monuments abandoned for several centuries in the rest of
the Archipelago. The book includes numerous photographs documenting
the monuments which were taken during the author's stay in
Indonesia (2010-2013).
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