Diversity and continuity in the pottery traditions of the Wallacean islands: New evidence from Makpan Cave, Alor island, Indonesia

IF 1.1 2区历史学 0 ARCHAEOLOGY Archaeological Research in Asia Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ara.2022.100417

Phillip Beaumont , Mathieu Leclerc , Shimona Kealy , Sue O'Connor

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This study examines a pottery assemblage from Makpan Cave, Alor, Indonesia dating from ∼3300 BP to historic times, constituting one of only a few documented ceramic studies from the Nusa Tenggara Timur archipelago. The assemblage is characterised by idiosyncratic decorative features along with a range of surface finishes not commonly emphasised in other research in the region. The Makpan pottery exhibits a notable consistency over time suggesting an enduring and stable pottery tradition, yet petrographic examination reveals a number of manufacturing locations with the possibility of offshore imports. The study also reports on the occurrence of baked clay, mostly concentrated in levels dating to around 11,500 BP. Finds of baked clay in Island Southeast Asia are little known with only one other major documented example and its use and purpose at Makpan is currently enigmatic.

A long history of inter-island communications and contact is highlighted as the key factor in bringing new technologies, including Neolithic pottery, to Makpan and throughout the region. Although Austronesian speakers are conventionally credited with introducing ceramics throughout ISEA, the Makpan case study indicates that a variety of peoples may have participated in the dispersal of pottery into southern Wallacea.

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瓦拉塞群岛陶器传统的多样性和连续性：来自印度尼西亚阿洛尔岛Makpan洞穴的新证据

这项研究考察了印度尼西亚阿洛尔马克潘洞穴的一个陶器组合，该陶器组合可追溯到公元前3300年至历史时期，是仅有的几个有记录的努沙登加拉帖木儿群岛陶瓷研究之一。该组合的特点是独特的装饰特征，以及该地区其他研究中不常强调的一系列表面处理。随着时间的推移，马克潘陶器表现出显著的一致性，这表明它有着持久而稳定的陶器传统，但岩相检查显示，许多制造地点都有可能从海外进口。该研究还报告了烘焙粘土的出现，主要集中在11500 BP左右的水平。在东南亚岛屿上发现的烤粘土鲜为人知，只有另一个主要的记录例子，它在马克潘的用途和用途目前尚不清楚。长期的岛屿间交流和接触被强调为将包括新石器时代陶器在内的新技术带到马克潘和整个地区的关键因素。尽管讲南岛语的人通常被认为在整个ISEA中引入了陶瓷，但Makpan的案例研究表明，各种各样的人可能参与了陶器向瓦拉西亚南部的传播。

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Archaeological Research in Asia ARCHAEOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Archaeological Research in Asia presents high quality scholarly research conducted in between the Bosporus and the Pacific on a broad range of archaeological subjects of importance to audiences across Asia and around the world. The journal covers the traditional components of archaeology: placing events and patterns in time and space; analysis of past lifeways; and explanations for cultural processes and change. To this end, the publication will highlight theoretical and methodological advances in studying the past, present new data, and detail patterns that reshape our understanding of it. Archaeological Research in Asia publishes work on the full temporal range of archaeological inquiry from the earliest human presence in Asia with a special emphasis on time periods under-represented in other venues. Journal contributions are of three kinds: articles, case reports and short communications. Full length articles should present synthetic treatments, novel analyses, or theoretical approaches to unresolved issues. Case reports present basic data on subjects that are of broad interest because they represent key sites, sequences, and subjects that figure prominently, or should figure prominently, in how scholars both inside and outside Asia understand the archaeology of cultural and biological change through time. Short communications present new findings (e.g., radiocarbon dates) that are important to the extent that they reaffirm or change the way scholars in Asia and around the world think about Asian cultural or biological history.