Decorative Motifs as Identity of Austronesian Speakers in South Minahasa: Preliminary Analysis of Decorative Patterns of Pottery at Lansot Site, Tomohon City, North Sulawesi Province

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10.2991/assehr.k.220408.026How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Decorative motifs; jagged edges; Lansot site; identity; Austronesian; North Sulawesi

Abstract

Migration of Austronesian speakers in a certain area usually makes an adaptation in a colonization in a new area and even innovations are born from here. As immigrants from Taiwan (Out of Taiwan) who migrated to the archipelago (Indonesia) they have passed through a series of islands at the northern tip of the Republic of Indonesia such as the Miangas Islands, Karakelang Island, in the Talaud Islands. The traces can be found from the distribution of artifacts he left, including at the Lansot site, Tomohon city, North Sulawesi Province. These traces, among others, are found in the distribution of pottery found at sites of former transit stops, both temporary and long-lived. The problem is whether there are characteristics that constitute the identity of the community, considering that there are similarities in the decorative motifs of the pottery found in almost all sites along the migration route. What is the role of the pottery in the context of the waruga grave? The results of the preliminary analysis on the decorative pottery motifs on this site indicate that there are traces of the speaker’s identity on one of the pottery decorative motifs with jagged edges which are in the same context as, pots with round bottoms, jars, porcelain objects, beads, spearheads, and waruga. This complements the existence of a cultural continuity from the fusion of cultures that developed in the late neolithic, paleometallic and megalithic periods in North Sulawesi, known as waruga buildings.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rr. Triwurjani
AU  - Ipak Fahriani
AU  - Khadijah Tahir Muda
AU  - Nur Ihsan
AU  - Paulina Eko Nugraheni
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/04/27
TI  - Decorative Motifs as Identity of Austronesian Speakers in South Minahasa: Preliminary Analysis of Decorative Patterns of Pottery at Lansot Site, Tomohon City, North Sulawesi Province
BT  - Proceedings of the 9th Asbam International Conference (Archeology, History, & Culture In The Nature of Malay) (ASBAM 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 190
EP  - 195
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220408.026
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220408.026
ID  - Triwurjani2022
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