HARRY TRUMAN SIMANJUNTAK ARCHEOLOGIST ON THE PREHISTORIC ERA
The oldest proof of our ancestry is at Kalumpang
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
The Kalumpang site in West Sulawesi has been around for the past six decades. In 1951, Dutch archeologist, Pieter Vincent van Stein-Callenfels first presented the results of his research at the East Asia Prehistoric Congress in Manila, the Philippines. He had been studying the banks of the Karama River since 1933.
Indonesian researchers only started work there in 1969. Since then, there was no intensive research for a few decades until 2004, when a team from the National Archeological Center went to Kalumpang to carry out a four-year research.
The Kalumpang site in West Sulawesi has been around for the past six decades. In 1951, Dutch archeologist, Pieter Vincent van Stein-Callenfels first presented the results of his research at the East Asia Prehistoric Congress in Manila, the Philippines. He had been studying the banks of the Karama River since 1933.
Indonesian researchers only started work there in 1969. Since then, there was no intensive research for a few decades until 2004, whe
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