Posted on 12/18/2017 5:13:55 AM PST by BenLurkin
The team uncovered a total of 28 rock art sites dating from at least 2,500 years ago on the island of Kisar which measures just 81 square kilometres and lies north of Timor-Leste.
Lead archaeologist, Distinguished Professor Sue O'Connor from the School of Culture, History and Language, said the paintings help tell the story of the region's history of trade and culture.
"Archeologically, no one has ever explored this small island before," Professor O'Connor said.
"These Indonesian islands were the heart of the spice trade going back for thousands of years.
"The paintings we found depict boats, dogs, horses and people often holding what look like shields.
"Other scenes show people playing drums perhaps performing ceremonies."
Professor O'Connor said the discovery pointed to a stronger shared history with the neighbouring island of Timor than had previously been known.
"The Kisar paintings include images which are remarkably similar to those in the east end of Timor-Leste," she said.
"A distinctive feature of the art in both islands is the exceptionally small size of the human and animal figures, most being less than 10 centimetres.
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Would these be Austroneian (Malayo-Polynesian peopleS) or the earlier Austro-Melanesians?
wow, I'd forgotten about this topic. The paintings are from about 500 BC and looks like possibly related to the spice trade, so, ancient navigation. Fully a tenth of the world's 6000 languages are found in the zillion or so islands off SE Asia, which is at least suggestive of ethnic origin. Sez here, "The Oirata language (closely related to Fataluku) and the unrelated Kisar, a trade language (also locally known as Yotowawa or Meher), are spoken". Current population of the island is about 15,000.
Indonesian dirt bike tour captures unknown mutant creature on camera
By Terry Larch
Published on March 27, 2017
http://www.freaklore.com/indonesian-dirt-bike-tour-captures-unknown-mutant-creature-on-camera
Now that is one freaky video. Thanks for sharing.
I agree, very creepy.
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