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Old Settlement of the Coastal Dayak at Kuta Baginda Site, Berau, East Kalimantan

Anggraeni1, Mahirta1, Muhammad Abizar Algifari1, Devi Mustika Sari1, M. Dziyaul F. Arrozain1, Yuka Nurtanti Cahyaningtyas2, Tito M. Rizky3, Sheila Ayu Rachmadiena4, Ida Bagus Putu Prajna Yogi2, Sandy Maulana Yusuf5

1Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia

2Badan Riset Dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

3Dinas Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Kab. Indramayu, Indonesia

4Museum Semedo, Indonesia

5Balai Pelestarian Kebudayaan Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan, Indonesia

This paper discusses the remains of an old ancestral coastal Dayak settlement located at Kuta Baginda in Dumaring Village, Talisayan district, Berau. The place is known to local people as a fortress of Raja Alam (Sultan Alimuddin), the ruler of the Sambaliung Kingdom, who lived in 1810-1844 CE. Excavations on the small hill top of Kuta Baginda in 2019 and on the narrow flat hill bottom in 2021 demonstrated that the site had been occupied in the 14th century AD, long before the site was being used by Raja Alam. The finds include shell artifacts, fragments of iron objects, potsherds, imported ceramics, stone net sinkers, a Felidae tooth pendant, together with an abundance of mollusc and fish food remains. All the finds provide information about the cultural development and lifeways of the early Kuta Baginda inhabitants, which have never been known before. The results of analysis on shells, fish bones and teeth indicate that the early inhabitants mainly depended on littoral zone resources. Some sherds with paddle-impressed decoration indicate a continuation of the widely spread decoration, which started to appear ca. 2000 years ago during the Early Metal Age.