Indonesian fossil hominid discoveries from 1889-2003 : Catalogue and Problems

• INDRIATI E.

  Laboratory of Bioanthropology and Paleoanthropology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada

Abstract

The number of Indonesian hominid fossil discoveries has increased from the first in 1889 up to 2003. The most recent publications of Indonesian's hominid discoveries were in 1975 and in 1984. While the 1975 catalogue listed 57 hominids from Indonesia, in 2003 the list has more than doubled, albeit lacking provenience for some of the discoveries. The lack of provenience, however, should not discourage the study of these fossils since their anatomy is important to the study of human evolution. Furthermore, many new findings have been named and published with coding systems that are not in accord with those typically used in paleoanthropology. There is also some overlap in the Arabic and Roman numeral numbering systems; for instance, Sangiran 9 is a right mandible discovered in 1960, whereas Sangiran skull IX is a cranium with maxilla discovered in 1993. In addition, various fossils have changed repositories, such as the Ngandong series which was returned to Indonesia from Germany in 1975, and the Modjokerto child which was returned in 1978. Sambungmacan 3 was returned to Indonesia in 1999 after it was found in a New York natural history shop. This article aims to initiate work to provide systematic coding for Indonesian fossil discoveries since 1975, in the order of their discovery, and to determine the latest fossil repositories.

Journal

• Proceedings of the 5^<th> and 6^<th> Symposia on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim. National Science Museum Monographs

  Proceedings of the 5^<th> and 6^<th> Symposia on Collection Building and Natural History Studies in Asia and the Pacific Rim. National Science Museum Monographs 24 163-177, 2004

  National Science Museum

Keywords

• Indonesia
• fossil hominid
• discovery
• coding system
• catalogue

Details

• CRID: 1570009752060282496
• NII Article ID: 110004708021
• NII Book ID: AA1102331X
• ISSN: 13429574
• Text Lang: en
• Data Source:
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