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The earliest hunting scene from Bulu Sipong 4, Pangkep

Adhi Agus Oktaviana and Maxime Aubert2019

Archaeological, Language and Literature Research Organization

Archaeological, Language and Literature Research Organization
Jakarta, Indonesia

This cave was found in 2017 by Hamrullah a speleolog, Hamrullah, team from BPCB South Sulawesi survey team for rock art in Pangkep regency. In February 2018, the Maros-Pangkep project team taken several U/TH sample on pig and anoa images. The dating of this hunting scene result shows the painting was created around 44.9 thousand years ago. This count as the earliest of hunting scene on rock art in the world which was published on Nature journal in 2019. This publication was a breakthrough of the year in 2020 by Science Magazine.

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  • Title: The earliest hunting scene from Bulu Sipong 4, Pangkep
  • Creator: Adhi Agus Oktaviana, Maxime Aubert
  • Date Created: 2019
  • Date Published: 2019-12-11
  • Location: Pangkep, Sulawesi Selatan
  • Publisher: Nature.com
  • Rights: Organisasi Riset Arkeologi Bahasa & Sastra
Archaeological, Language and Literature Research Organization

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