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Matano Lake is a natural freshwater lake located in South Sulawesi, Indonesia that has a depth of roughly 590 m,
making this lake the deepest lake in Southeast Asia. The existence of cultural heritage in land surrounding
Matano Lake was revealed in…

Ternate and Tidore in the North Mollucas Islands, Mollucas Province, Indonesian Archipelago have a critical role as the main sources of clove and nutmeg in the “Spice Routes” global trading network. These exotic and valuable commodities have…

A fundamental challenge for managers is how to allow divers access to shipwrecks whilst ensuring these sites are not harmed. A better understanding of the motivations and attitudes of divers who visit shipwrecks may allow better informed and more…

This paper fits best within Session 3 because the topic, which is the anthropological study of wooden boatbuilding
today, will provide a specific ethnographic case to understand the interactions between the seas and humans in a
contemporary local…

The Mongols created the world’s most powerful empire in the thirteenth century, conquering China and establishing the Yuan dynasty. Their military power was in doubt, however, after failed naval invasions in Japan and Vietnam. According to…

Archaeological evidence of contact and exchange can be found in many sites in Indonesia. Different areas of the Archipelago experienced different levels of socioeconomic complexity because of many factors including local resource distribution and…

The elongated island of Flores in Indonesia stands at geological, zoological, cultural, and ethnic boundaries. But
the area is also predominately Christian in the most populous Muslim country in the world, reflecting that this
part of Indonesia was…