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STONE VATS (KALAMBAS) AS
ONE OF MEGALITHIC REMAINS
IN THE LORE VALLEY, CENTRAL SULAWESI,
DwiYaniYuniawati Umar
(The National Research and Development center of Archaeology,
Jakarta, lndonesia)
ABSTRACT
Key words: Megalithic remains, kalamba, Lore Valley area, Central Sulawesi
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Picture 1. The Distribution of Stone Vats in lndonesia
stone vats are named as karamba (which means boat) for the bottom
part by the local community and tuatena for the cover. Kalamba is a
cylindrical stone vat with a hole in the middle. The largest stone vats that
have been discovered so far measures between 1g7 and 216 cm in
diameter, and the tallest has a height of approximately 1g0 cm. The smallest
ones have a diameter of about 77 cm with a height of about 60-g0 cm.
some of the stone vats have knobs inside. A katamba is usually made of
sand stone (see picture 3).
Picture 2. The Distribution of Stone Vats in Lore Valley Area
(Poso Regency, Central Sulawesi province)
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Nowadays the stone vats that are found have oily black soil or mud
and water inside. sometimes plants or weeds grow in that greasy black soil.
These stone vats are also in damage, possibly a result of vandalism.
The stone vats in central sulawesi are ussually found with other
megalithic remains such as statues, pit-marked stone, tetralith, stone
mortar, dolmen etc. (see picture 5)
CONCLUSION
Based on results of researches carried out thus far, it can be seen that
the megalithic finds in Lore Valley have Austronesian protohistoric
characteristics, as shown by the stone vats (kalambas), as well as other
finds.
1. The existence of stone mortar, indicates that the communities were
already familiar with farming activities that include planting rice or
thrashing cereal plants to separate the husks from the grains. lt was
predicted that a considerable number of inhabitants lived in the Besoa
Valley area. This is based on the findings of hundreds of stone mortar,
which are grouped in several sites such as in Entovera, Padang Hadoa,
Tunduwanua, Padang Taipa (Yuniawati, 2OO2).
2. Tray stones, may suggest that they might also have reared domesticated
animals (dogs, buffalo),
3. Megalithic statues and also flat table (dolmen) prove that they were
familiar with ancestor spirit worship which was carried out by the burial
ceremonies, pottery making, and growing rice.
4. The community must have used bark cloth materials as a barkcloth
beater was found in the site. Traditional clothes are still worn by the
women in Lore Valley area. The clothes are made of bark cloth. ln some
places around Besoa Valley area, bark cloth are still manufactured.
5. From the dating of C-14 samples collected in association with megalithic
sites in Besoa Valley, it can be said that the sites are among the oldest
megalithic sites in lndonesia. The C-14 datings obtained from Entovera
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Site are 2890 120 BP and 2460 r. 120 BP,while another datings from
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Pokekea site is 2170 120 BP.
6. Regarding the genetic affiliation, the closest DNA characteristics of the
DNA found at the Tadulako Site is with that of the Kajang tribe in South
Sulawesi. Presumably, the community who built the megaliths kept
contact with the outer world. This is evidenced as well in the existence of
the imported beads and red slip pottery fragments.
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