WARLOKA SITE EXCAVATION

WARLOKA SITE EXCAVATION

My reason for excavating Warloka Site

1. The origin place of the Ngadha, Bimanese and Manggaraians (myths)

2. There are 7 potential location of archaeological deposits (my surface survey)

3. Result from previous excavation and colonial report

EXCAVATION RESULT

Stone tools, potteries, stone wares, bronze bracelet, necklace,7 Chinese coins, 3 skulls ( 1 man/40-50 yo, 1 girl/14-17 yo, 1 child/6-8 yo), 2 incomplete skeletons.

Stone tools (paleolithic, mesolithic, neolithic)

Potteries (neolithic, bronze-iron age), form & style (SahuynhKalanay-Austronesia

Stone wares (15-16 Century), Thailand, China, Holland

The graves and grave goods have similarity with Austronesian ritual tradition.

Preliminary Interpretation

1. The relative chronology of the site 10 – 18 C2. The site has close relationship with

Austronesian speakers, this include megaliths3. The villagers believe that the graves were their

ancestor4. It might the Austronesian as migrant live with

the local people who still practiced prehistory life

Questions on Human Skeleton Finds1. where are the excavated human remains positioned in the

evolution chain: is it in the middle between Homo floresiensis and modern Florenese?

2. Since the Manggarai have been conquered by Bimanese Sultan, might the excavated human remains have more close resemblance to the Bimanese or the Florenese?

3. Since the human remains were found in a cultural context of the Austronesian culture, might these have closer DNA with the Austronesian ancestors?“

4. From west or from east these human skeletons started their migration ?