Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural (ICLC 2022)

Social and Religious Functions of Megalithic Culture in Sangihe Island, North Sulawesi

Authors
Sriwigati1, *, Hasanuddin1, Nasrullah Azis1
1Research Center for Prehistoric and History Archaeology National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: wiwi@archaeologist.com
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Sriwigati
Available Online 27 June 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_38How to use a DOI?
Keywords
social function; religion; dolmen; stone grave; menhir
Abstract

Sangihe Island is one of the large Islands located at the northern tip of Sulawesi Island which has several forms and types of megalithic culture spread both on Sangihe Island and the surrounding small Islands. Each type of megalithic culture certainly has a social and religious function in people’s lives on Sangihe Island, social functions, especially cooperation, cooperation, and religi. The aim is to find out the social and religious functions of this scattered megalithic culture, using an ethnoarchaeological approach by conducting a comprehensive survey of the megalithic relics scattered on Sangihe Island. Interviews were conducted directly with people who still use and know the function of megalithic findings in their area. Several types of megalithic remains on Sangihe Island, namely, dolmens, stone graves, pit market stones, menhirs, and stone mortars, are scattered on the coast and hills. Research on dolmen megalithic remains and test stone graves dating analysis provides evidence that burial cultures have been known since 1920 ± 30 BP.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural (ICLC 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
27 June 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_38
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_38How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Sriwigati
AU  - Hasanuddin
AU  - Nasrullah Azis
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/27
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BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural (ICLC 2022)
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EP  - 435
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