Henkilökuntanäyttö: The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results

The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results

More than fifty years after the last excavations undertaken in the coastal area of the Sarawak River Delta, new archaeological excavations in the region started in 2019, through a cooperation between the École française dʼExtrême-Orient and the Sarawak Museum Department. This article offers the prel...

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Julkaisussa:	URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel,
Päätekijät:	Perret, Daniel, Sauffi, Mohd. Sherman bin, Leroy, Stéphanie, Chabot, Yohan
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spelling	openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_3899 https://doi.org/10.4000/12fvh urn:doi:10.4000/12fvh en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/3899 2024-10-09T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/12fvh https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Perret, Daniel Sauffi, Mohd. Sherman bin Leroy, Stéphanie Chabot, Yohan More than fifty years after the last excavations undertaken in the coastal area of the Sarawak River Delta, new archaeological excavations in the region started in 2019, through a cooperation between the École française dʼExtrême-Orient and the Sarawak Museum Department. This article offers the preliminary results of researches conducted at the Sungai Jaong site, in the Santubong area, until late 2023. Despite a very limited excavated surface area, the conduct of metallurgical activities in ancient times has been recognised and attested without any doubt for the first time in the Sarawak River Delta. Several remains of iron smelting furnaces, dated between mid-11th and late 12th-13th century CE, have been uncovered. They could represent the first iron smelting furnaces, dated to early second millennium CE, reported so far on the whole island of Borneo. Other finds include notably more than seven tons of iron slag, some 3,200 fragments of tuyeres, 6,600 earthenware sherds, almost 2,500 stoneware shards, and several grooved stones. Various analyses of these finds are underway, including a compositional analysis of iron slag samples. Archaeological research at Sungai Jaong also includes a geomorphological study to shed light on the interactions between the ancient occupation of the site and the environment over the longue durée. Plus de cinquante ans après les dernières fouilles entreprises dans la zone côtière du delta du fleuve Sarawak, de nouvelles fouilles archéologiques dans la région ont débuté en 2019, grâce à une coopération entre l’École française d’Extrême-Orient et le Département des musées de Sarawak. Cet article présente les résultats préliminaires des recherches menées sur le site de Sungai Jaong, dans la région de Santubong, jusqu’à fin 2023. Malgré une surface fouillée très limitée, la conduite d’activités métallurgiques à époque ancienne a été identifée et attestée avec certitude pour la première fois dans le delta du fleuve Sarawak. Plusieurs vestiges de fours de réduction du minerai de fer, datés entre le milieu du XIe et la fin du XIIe-XIIIe siècle de notre ère, ont été mis au jour. Ils pourraient représenter les premiers fours de réduction du minerai de fer, datés du début du second millénaire de notre ère, signalés jusqu’à présent sur toute l’île de Bornéo. De plus, les fouilles ont livré en particulier plus de sept tonnes de scories de fer, quelque 3 200 fragments de tuyères, 6 600 tessons de poterie, près de 2 500 tessons de grès, ainsi que des pierres rainurées. Diverses analyses de ces découvertes sont en cours, notamment une analyse compositionnelle d’échantillons de scories de fer. Les recherches archéologiques à Sungai Jaong comprennent également une étude géomorphologique visant à éclairer les interactions entre l’occupation ancienne du site et l’environnement sur la longue durée.
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description	More than fifty years after the last excavations undertaken in the coastal area of the Sarawak River Delta, new archaeological excavations in the region started in 2019, through a cooperation between the École française dʼExtrême-Orient and the Sarawak Museum Department. This article offers the preliminary results of researches conducted at the Sungai Jaong site, in the Santubong area, until late 2023. Despite a very limited excavated surface area, the conduct of metallurgical activities in ancient times has been recognised and attested without any doubt for the first time in the Sarawak River Delta. Several remains of iron smelting furnaces, dated between mid-11th and late 12th-13th century CE, have been uncovered. They could represent the first iron smelting furnaces, dated to early second millennium CE, reported so far on the whole island of Borneo. Other finds include notably more than seven tons of iron slag, some 3,200 fragments of tuyeres, 6,600 earthenware sherds, almost 2,500 stoneware shards, and several grooved stones. Various analyses of these finds are underway, including a compositional analysis of iron slag samples. Archaeological research at Sungai Jaong also includes a geomorphological study to shed light on the interactions between the ancient occupation of the site and the environment over the longue durée.
author	Perret, Daniel Sauffi, Mohd. Sherman bin Leroy, Stéphanie Chabot, Yohan
spellingShingle	Perret, Daniel Sauffi, Mohd. Sherman bin Leroy, Stéphanie Chabot, Yohan The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results
author_facet	Perret, Daniel Sauffi, Mohd. Sherman bin Leroy, Stéphanie Chabot, Yohan
author_sort	Perret, Daniel
title	The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results
title_short	The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results
title_full	The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results
title_fullStr	The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results
title_full_unstemmed	The Ongoing Sungai Jaong Archaeological Project (2018‑2024), Sarawak, Malaysia: Preliminary Results
title_sort	ongoing sungai jaong archaeological project (2018‑2024), sarawak, malaysia: preliminary results
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