The Pasemah Plateau: Myths of Powerful Ancestors

ONE of the strangest, most remote and mysterious archaeological sites in all of Southeast Asia is found in the 70-kilometer-long Pasemah Highlands of the Bukit Barisan range in southern Sumatra.

Located between Lahat and Pagaralam are 26 sites consisting of carved boulders, chamber tombs and terraced sanctuaries.

These remains, which may date as far back as AD 100, are said to be the most concentrated collection of monumental symbolic culture

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