Imię i Nazwisko : Doni Dermawan

Klasa : BC1
CIPARI ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE
(Megalithic Heritage Site in Java Island)
Wybrałam stanowisko archeologiczne Cipari, ponieważ jest to najstarsze miejsce w mieście, w
którym mieszkam, a ta strona ma najbardziej kompletną kolekcję w zachodniej Jawie.
Located at an altitude of 661 meters above sea level with an area of 7,000 square meters, the Cipari
Archeological Site was originally owned by a resident named Wijaya. In 1971, on his property
located in Cipari Village, Cigugur Subdistrict, it was accidentally discovered a kind of rock that
resembled a stone exhibited at Paseban Tri Panca Tunggal, a place of cultural heritage in
Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia.
Referring to typology and stratigraphy, Cipari Archeological Site is a combination of neolithic and
megalithic eras. This can be seen from the findings that illustrate that the people at that time were
familiar with bronze and had good farming and organizational skills.
The area of discovery of stone and earthenware artifacts is still well organized, also the depth of
the buried objects is still original. The tomb coffin made of large andesite shaped artistic is still
arranged in its original place. Its position leads to the northeastern southwest which illustrates the
concepts of natural power, such as the sun and moon which guide life from birth to death.
Cipari Archeological Site is divided into two parts, namely museums and monuments on the
outside. On the outside there are two stone tombs, which are shaped like a trapezoid. When it was
discovered, the stone tomb left only a stone bracelet and pottery, no human skeleton was found in
it. This is because the soil is loose and has a high level of acidity so that it is unable to preserve
human organics, especially bones.
In this area there is also a stone altar (punden terraces), which is a staircase building on the top of
which there are megalithic objects or graves. This altar serves as a place of ancestral veneration.
In addition, there are stone altars, dolmen, stone bracelets, menhirs, and dakon. All of these
monuments used to function as a place to perform rituals, worship, and communicate with ancestral
spirits. On the inside of the museum, there are objects of findings that are displayed neatly. Stone
axes, stone bracelets, bronze axes and earthenware are well maintained. Formerly these objects are
technological developments which have advanced from the ancestors in the archipelago.
At certain heights there are also menhirs, namely upright rough stones as a medium of respect as
well as a place of worship. There is also a dolmen (stone table) which is composed of a wide stone
supported by several other stones so that it is shaped like a table. The function of dolmen as a place
of worship to the spirits of the ancestors as well as a place for laying offerings. There is also a stone
dakon (mortar stone), which is a stone with one or more holes, serves as a place to make medicinal
herbs. Cipari Archeological Site has also used 3D-Augmented Reality (AR) technology in each of
its collections.
monument outside of site

stone altar stone tomb crates

acient ring acient stuffs

dakon stone and bronze axes