- Bukit Kerang
Bukit Kerang is an
archaelogical site of theMesolithic era found in theAceh Tamiang regency,Aceh ,Eastern Sumatra ,Indonesia .The site stretches for about 120 kilometres to
Tembung , a part ofMedan inNorth Sumatra , in the southern part of the Aceh Tamiang regency. Two sites have been identified by theArchaeological Center of Medan (Balai Arkeologi Medan). For thousand of years the site has drawn farther and farther away from thecoast . The site’s distance from coast now is about 10 to 15 kilometres. The archaeologists who first researched the site were Dutcharchaeologist s in the 1920s to 1930s.The prehistoric site was named "Bukit Kerang", meaning "hill of mollusk shells". The most significant part of it is a large
shell mound , formed from a mass of mollusk shells.Prehistoric man of the Mesolithic era (dating from 5000-7000 years ago) lived by the shore of eastern Sumatra and mollusks were the easiest foodstuff that could be found. A pile of waste mollusk shells built up over time. There were alsoskulls , brainpans andbones which have been found inside the site. One of the skulls hadteeth made ofhematite .References
* Translated from
KOMPAS with some edits, "Kerangka Bukit Kerang Berusia Lebih Dari 7.000 tahun", April 3, 2007,Tuesday. Retrieved onApril 25 , 2007External links
(Indonesian)
* http://www.kompas.com/ver1/Iptek/0704/03/172801.htm
* http://www.tempointeraktif.com/hg/iptek/2007/04/13/brk,20070413-97804,id.html
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