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<< Our Photo Pages >> O'utuyam - Burial Chamber or Dolmen in Pacific Islands

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Friday, 19 June 2015  Page Views: 8156

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: O'utuyam Alternative Name: Otuyam, At the Star, O'utuyamu, Ilukwewaya
Country: Pacific Islands Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 Nearest Village: Kwebwaga
Latitude: 8.431372S  Longitude: 151.119671E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : The remainder of the slabs lying on each other after been knocked down by allied forces during World War 2. As I was told by my father, the slabs were standing vertical prior being disturbed. The slab sizes vary from 1600x1100mm smallest to 3000x2000mm the largest. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands (Vote or comment on this photo)
A 30m long megalithic tomb on Kiriwina, which is the largest of the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea. It was built in the first century CE, so one of the oldest megalithic tombs in the Pacific Islands. There are other megalithic tombs in Ilukwaiwaia, which is on the neighbor island of Kitava.

The site was misspelt as Otuyam in Malanoski's book. It is actually O'utuyam, which means "At the Star" in the native language. With thanks to Tonubu for the information.

For more information:
The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 May 1936

Note: Some fascinating photos of this megalithic tomb in the Pacific Islands sent in by Tonubu from the island. He has also added a comment with what he knows of the site. Be aware that they include images of exposed human remains.
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O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : The remainder of the slabs lying on each other after been knocked down by allied forces during World War 2. As I was told by my father, the slabs were standing vertical prior being disturbed. The slab sizes vary from 1600x1100mm smallest to 3000x2000mm the largest. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands (Vote or comment on this photo)

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : Arm and thigh boned shattered by soil pressure. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands (Vote or comment on this photo)

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : Tooth still attached to the jaw bone. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands (Vote or comment on this photo)

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad (Vote or comment on this photo)

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : Skull shattered by soil formation inside the brain. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : The spot where bones have been dug approx. 30-50m north east of the main slabs. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : The other slabs, which about 10m plus to the south of the main site. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : The other slabs, which about 10m plus to the south of the main site. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad : The remainder of the slabs lying on each other after been knocked down by allied forces during World War 2. As I was told by my father, the slabs were standing vertical prior being disturbed. The slab sizes vary from 1600x1100mm smallest to 3000x2000mm the largest. Photo and caption by Tonubu Bunemiga Site in Pacific Islands

O'utuyam
O'utuyam submitted by dodomad

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Re: O'utuyam by Anonymous on Wednesday, 24 June 2015
O'Utuyam is situated from northeast of Kwebwaga Village (or been mis-spelt as Kwaibwaga) and to the south of Liluta village, towards northeast end of Trobriand Island (Kiriwina)

In my Local language;
"O" = refers to "To, At, From" a place or site.
"Utuyam = Singular or plural for "Star or Stars" [UPDATED - Thanks - Ed]
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Re: O'utuyam by Anonymous on Friday, 12 June 2015
According to history passed down from generation after generation to my father Bunemiga is that; the megalithic site Ilukwewaya (O'utuyamu) was habitat to the very people who once lived there. Nobody here can trace their origin before settling there on the Trobriand Island.

It was thought to be the first people to settle on the Island even before the time of The Great giant (Dokanikani) who killed islanders for meat and the rest fled the island to seek refuge on nearby island or even further.

So the bones are thought to be their remains, buried during that time. Ever since, we've being digging up human bones while gardening there every time we make food gardens around the site. By history our ancestors do not bury the dead, their bones are dried and put them on shelves of coral cliffs or caves.

Only in mid eighteenth century we began to bury our dead because of the white man influence on the island but that only some villages do, most stuck to our old ways.

The site where I dug up the remains seem shallow, about 300mm deep with below the ground surface. An adult bones shattered by the ground pressure and the brain turned into soil have shuttered the skull as well. With fully grown tooth still stuck onto the jaw bone, almost all have come loose due to jaw bone have decay.

The great anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski first wrote about the megalithic site then Annette B Weiner who came to the island and lived with my parents in the late 60's also wrote about the site as well.

Regards,

Tonubu Bunemiga
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