ANALISIS ”RANGKAIAN TAHAPAN OPERASIONAL” PEMBUATAN BELIUNG BATU DARI PERBENGKELAN NEOLITIK DI BANYUWANGI SELATAN

Sofwan Noerwidi (Balai Arkeologi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta)

Berkala Arkeologi
Vol 33 No 2 (2013)

Prehistoric research in South Banyuwangi by the National Center of Archaeology of Yogyakarta Regional Office between 2008-2011 have found artifact assemblage which indicating stone tool workshop activities. The typology of artifacts which reflecting workshop activities, including; nucleus, percutor, debitage, rough adze, and polishing stone. This paper uses chaîne opératoire approach to reconstruct the producing process and technological aspects related to the manufacturing process of stone adze from neolithic workshop sites in the region. This study is expected to increasing our understanding on technological perspective in the manufacture of Neolithic stone tools, and to give some idea about the social aspects of life of Austronesian speaking people in Indonesia.