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This site is counted fairly complete depict community life in those days. The location of this site is now a tourist destination pedagogy (Cipari Archaeological Park) and is equipped with a museum.
Village Cipari Cigugur District is one of the prehistoric cultural relics found in Kuningan regency, West Java. Cipari addition, there are at least eight places around the foot of the mountain contained Ciremai patterned Megalithic relics, Classical, Hindu-Buddhist, and Dutch colonial.
In Cipari was found three stone coffin tomb in which there is grave in the form of stone axes, stone bracelets, and pottery. This grave is still stored in the museum building. Inside the coffin was not found a human skeleton, because the level of acidity and soil moisture which is located 661 meters above sea level was fairly high, so easily broken bones are buried.
Area discovery of stone artefacts and pottery is still well ordered, well depth was buried objects is still original. Chest tomb made of stone indesit still composed of shaped shingles in place originally. Leading to a southwest northeast that illustrate the concepts of natural powers, like the sun and moon that guide life from birth until death.
Chest tomb stone there Cipari archaeological sites had in common with crates function grave stone in the other regions in Indonesia. Society of North Sulawesi mention the grave stone coffin as waruga, society Bondowoso pandusa call, and people call it tundrum Baho Naidoo.
There is also clearing a circle with a diameter of six meters with limited composition shingle stones, in the middle there is a rock. Gathering place called Stone Bracelet This is the location of the ceremony in connection with ancestral spirits and serves as a place of deliberation.
In this area there is also a stone altar (punden berundak), namely the steps of building terraces on the top there are objects or megalith tomb figure and someone who is considered sacred. The altar serves as temapt ancestral worship ceremonies.
At a certain height there is also menhir, which is an upright stone as a medium rough homage at once a place of worship. There is also a dolmen (stone table) that is composed of a large rock which sustained some other stone, so shaped table. Dolmen function as a place of worship of ancestral spirits as well as the placement of offerings. There are also stone dakon (stone mortar), ie one or more perforated stone, serves as a place to make a concoction of drugs.
Although the artifacts found, but this finding can not explain who is buried in three graves stone coffin and how the physical attributes, in addition it is estimated three community leaders.
Sites Archaeological Park Museum in the environment Cipari Sub Sub Cipari Cigugur Kuningan regency, West Java. Located in the hilly area with altitude of 661 meters above sea level, at the foot of the mountain Ciremai the eastern and the western city of Brass. Cipari is 4 kilometers from the capital, Brass and 35 kilometers from the town of Cirebon.
This area is the land formerly owned by Mr. Wijaya and owned several other residents. In 1971, Mr. Wijaya find rocks that after investigation it turns out coffin tomb stone, stone axes, stone bracelets, and pottery. After the excavation conducted experiments with the aim of saving the artifacts in 1972, three years later held a total excavation. A year later built Cipari Archaeological Park Museum Site. On February 23, 1978 the museum was inaugurated by the Minister of Education and Culture Prof.. DR. Syarif Thayeb
Now the conditions are less well-preserved condition of the building site and museum. This lack of attention from Kuningan regency government as tourist attractions and research. Lack of attention can not be seen from the repair of buildings, support facilities and site information related to the book site. It should be rejuvenating some of the above is also the official site of government publications through Kuningan district. Hopefully more can gain the ears of the government.
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