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148. GUNUNG SEWU IN PRESHISTORIC TIMES
Gunung sewu a part of Southem montains of java. is one of the most important areas for preshistoric life . Early man has settied this area since very remote times and continued living there throughout a very long time span hundreds of thousands of year until the end of prehistory. Man exploited different natural resources available in the environment and developed technologies for fabricating tool. there was a progresive evolution from the simplest ways , in the remote past , until the more complex ways approaching the historic period . Such cultural development started in the Paleolitthic and went on the Preneolithic, the Neolithic, and until the Paleometallic, Settlement remains disperse in large numbers in the from of sites,artifacts and ecofacts. This book present a. synthesis of multidisciplinary researches on the prehistory of Gunung Sewu. intentionally composed in an accessible way , it consists of a series of short articles discoussing different topics and completed with rich illustrations the main themes to be teken up concem man , his culture and his environment. Questions to be answered are among others; since when did men settle in this area, who were they what were their environmental conditions , how did they exploit natural resources, which were their cultural characteristics compared to other regions , how was cultural development thoughout the settiement activities ? by answering these questions this book presents a conprehensive view of the preshistory of Gunung sewu in a diachronic way . those who read it from the beginning will soon recognice the accupation history of this region from the earliest times to the end of Prehistory. this book therefore offers new insghts for a better understanding of the Gunung sewu prehistory in pacticular and for indonesia preshistory in general.
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