Appendix B: The Tradewares from the Gua Sireh Excavation. In Archaeological Excavations at Gua Sireh (Serian) and Lubang Angin (Gunung Mulu National Park), Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Title :
Appendix B: The Tradewares from the Gua Sireh Excavation. In Archaeological Excavations at Gua Sireh (Serian) and Lubang Angin (Gunung Mulu National Park), Sarawak, Malaysia. |
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Author :
F.D. Bulbeck |
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Abstract:
The excavation of Gua Sireh recovered 18 tradeware sherds weighing 178 grammes and representing ten vessels. The top 15 cm of deposits in square 89A yielded 16 of the sherds. They are all of Chinese manufacture and date to the 18th and 19th centuries. A European sherd found on the surface of square 89 would appear to be 19th century in age, while an unstratified sherd also found in square 89 dates to the 16th century. In addition a brownware jar fragment from Niah, labelled “Gua Chi Niah 15.6.1955”,was submitted for analysis on the basis of its perceived similarity to the brownware Jar represented in the Gua Sireh excavation. While both jarsare Brittle wares, details of the decorations indicate that the Niah specimen is late Ming whereas the Gua Sireh specimen is Qing. After the sherds were matched to their parent vessels, the maximum vertical displacement involved was one spit (five cm), and in only one case did matching sherds derive from different comers of square 89A. Thus the upper levels of square 89A show little evidence of disturbance. From consideration of the precise dates preferred for the sherds, the top five centimetres were apparently deposited during the 19th century, whereas the deposits between five and 15 cm depth pertain to the 18th century, extending at most to the early 19th century. The available tradeware sherds suggest that Gua Sireh was abandoned by the end of the 19th century. Finally, the unstratified Ming sherds presumably derived originally from a level lower than 15 cm.
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How to cite:
Bulbeck, F.D. (1993). Appendix B: The Tradewares from the Gua Sireh Excavation. In Archaeological Excavations at Gua Sireh (Serian) and Lubang Angin (Gunung Mulu National Park), Sarawak, Malaysia. The Sarawak Museum Journal, XLV (66): 183-192 |
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