Brumm Adam, Oktaviana Adhi Agus, Burhan Basran, Hakim Budianto, Lebe Rustan, Zhao Jian-Xin, Sulistyarto Priyatno Hadi, Ririmasse Marlon, Adhityatama Shinatria, Sumantri Iwan, Aubert Maxime
Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Environmental Futures Research Institute, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Place, Evolution and Rock Art Heritage Unit (PERAHU), Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Sci Adv. 2021 Jan 13;7(3). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abd4648. Print 2021 Jan.
Indonesia harbors some of the oldest known surviving cave art. Previously, the earliest dated rock art from this region was a figurative painting of a Sulawesi warty pig (). This image from Leang Bulu' Sipong 4 in the limestone karsts of Maros-Pangkep, South Sulawesi, was created at least 43,900 years ago (43.9 ka) based on Uranium-series dating. Here, we report the Uranium-series dating of two figurative cave paintings of Sulawesi warty pigs recently discovered in the same karst area. The oldest, with a minimum age of 45.5 ka, is from Leang Tedongnge. The second image, from Leang Balangajia 1, dates to at least 32 ka. To our knowledge, the animal painting from Leang Tedongnge is the earliest known representational work of art in the world. There is no reason to suppose, however, that this early rock art is a unique example in Island Southeast Asia or the wider region.
印度尼西亚拥有一些已知现存最古老的洞穴艺术。此前，该地区有年代记载的最早岩石艺术是一幅苏拉威西疣猪的具象画（）。这幅来自南苏拉威西省马罗斯 - 庞克普石灰岩喀斯特地区梁布卢西蓬4号洞穴的图像，根据铀系测年法，其创作时间至少在43900年前（43.9千年前）。在此，我们报告在同一喀斯特地区最近发现的两幅苏拉威西疣猪具象洞穴画的铀系测年结果。最古老的一幅来自梁特东nge，最小年龄为45.5千年前。第二幅图像来自梁巴朗贾亚1号洞穴，可追溯至至少32千年前。据我们所知，来自梁特东nge的动物画是世界上已知最早的具象艺术作品。然而，没有理由认为这种早期岩石艺术在东南亚岛屿或更广泛地区是独一无二的例子。
