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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tutari megalithic siteCountry: Indonesia
NOTE: This site is 383.735 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Jayapura Nearest Village: Doyo Lama
Latitude: 2.56864S Longitude: 140.453840E
Condition:
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 |
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Standing Stones in Indonesia
The Tutari megalithic site is located in close proximity of the Sentani lake in the village Doyo Lama just 20 minutes away from the Sentani Airport Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia.
You enter the site through a small gate in a property at the entrance of the village. You walk up a cemented path leading up to a hill full of dark boulders and rocks of all sizes and shapes. The dry and hilly area has been reforested with Melaleuca trees (Kayu putih). The authorities have made some attempts to preserve the site and make it accessible. There are some roofs protecting some of the special features along with benches, fences and pathways. There are however no explanations or clear signs, so it takes some time to find the engravings. From internet research there are indications that the site is Neolithic. You find engravings of turtles, fishes, biawaks along with curious rock formations reminding of animals that might have been worshiped.
A special curious engraving is a natural light-coloured vein within a dark rock which was decorated with circles (See picture)
The overall site is several hectares big and offers a magnificent view on the Sentani lake. You could spent hours exploring and looking for engravings.
The best additional information is provided by the Mongabay web site(in Bahasa Indonesia, however with an embedded YouTube video with a good overview). There has been scientific research done as well by a team of french archaeologists:
GIRARD Coralie - Prospection d’un site d’art rupestre longtemps oublié en Nouvelle-Guinée, site de Tutari (Doyo Lama, Jayapura, Province de Papouasie, Indonésie) - Tuteurs : M. Vanhaeren, W. Schiefenhövel et G. M. Sudarmika.
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