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Multi-periodSite Name: Bada Valley MegalithsCountry: Indonesia Type: Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Tentena Nearest Village: Gintu
Latitude: 1.88S Longitude: 120.220000E
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5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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The Bada Valley Megaliths are located in central Sulawesi just south of the Lore Lindu National Park. They comprise a number of carved megalith figures reminiscent of both Polynesian Moai and Korean "Dol Hareubang" carved statues, and a number of large carved stone vats. The largest and best known carved standing stone in the valley is a statue known as "Palindo" which translates as "The Entertainer" and measures over 4 metres. There are 13 other statues in the Bada Valley, with others in the nearby Besoa and Napu valleys inside the Lore Lidu National Park. Although some development work has been undertaken in recent years access is still difficult to some of the statues. Dating is uncertain, the statues have been variously claimed to be between 5000 and 1000 years old whilst the vats have been dated around 1300 AD.
References:
Sulawesi - The Celebes, Editors T A Volkman and I Caldwell, Periplus Travel Guides, Hong Kong 1992
Journal of a visit to the Bada Valley Megaliths in 1997: http://www.moxon.net/indonesia/bada_valley.html
Visit Bada Valley - a journal: http://lorelindu.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/visit-the-bada-valley-in-lore-lindu-park/
UNSpecial Journal April 2004: http://www.unspecial.org/UNS630/UNS_630_T25.html
The Megalithic Culture of Indonesia, Manchester University: http://www.archive.org/stream/megalithiccultur00perruoft/megalithiccultur00perruoft_djvu.txt
Also see the photos from another nearby valley: Rampi Valley megaliths at: http://www.megalithic.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=a312&file=index&do=showgall&gid=256
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