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18th Century Tombs Discovered Largest

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Archaeological research team found the grave human-18th century the largest in Sub Sangasanga In Sub Sangasanga, Regency, East Kalimantan. It was a 52 tajau grave or urn containing a human skeleton, the three frameworks are still intact.

Research team leader of The Burial of Tajau Sangasanga Sugiyanto Bambang told reporters on Saturday (06/05/2010), said the graves tajau, jars, or martavan already exists in the 18th century and became the largest ever found in Indonesia.

China urn motif carvings from the 16th century until the 18th century. The plate comes from the 18th century. Bone and soil samples sent to a laboratory in Jakarta to determine the age and type of grave human race.

Three jars are intact is now secured at the Museum of Red and White Sangasanga. The rest shattered and dumped back to at any time be dismantled in order to study further. Each jar contains the framework of a single individual with no possessions.

Framework in secondary burial jar is a pattern in the tradition of the Dayaks. Secondary means that the body buried in the ground until the time moved into the jar with the customary rites. Number of individuals in a jar describes the minimum amount of the sacrificed animal.

Head of the Archaeological Heritage Preservation Hall Samarinda Edi Tri Haryantoro Regency requested the Government to secure the status of the soil excavation site.

Sangasanga known as the Dutch heritage of the region. There was an oil company employee housing and the pump nod of the 19th century. There occurred a battle between Indonesia and the Netherlands in the early days of independence.


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