Kajian Seramik Dagangan Di Sabah

Abstract

Kajian seramik dagangan di Sabah ini boleh diperolehi melalui sumber bertulis dan sumber arkeologi. Sumber bertulis diperolehi daripada  tulisan para pedagang dan rekod-rekod China, sementara sumber arkeologi pula adalah daripada kajian oleh  beberapa pengkaji antaranya Harrisson dan Harrisson (1971), Harrisson B. (1986), Harrisson B. (1995), Bazley dan Bilcher (2009) dan ramai lagi. Kajian mereka ini tertumpu kepada taburan seramik dagangan di tapak-tapak arkeologi di Sabah dan juga tapak kapal karam di Tanjung Simpang Mengayau di Kudat. Namun demikian, banyak data baru arkeologi yang diperolehi melalui jumpaan tapak-tapak arkeologi dan jumpaan seramik oleh Bahagian Arkeologi, Jabatan Muzium Sabah yang terletak di bahagian utara, barat, timur dan tengah Sabah. Tapak-tapak ini sangat berpotensi untuk dikaji bagi mendapatkan gambaran dan data baru berkaitan perdagangan seramik di Sabah dan seterusnya menyokong data sejarah yang sedia ada. 

Kata kunci: Seramik, perdagangan, arkeologi, Sabah

Research of trade ceramics in Sabah can be obtained through historical and archaeological sources. Historical sources were obtained from traders writing and Chinese sources meanwhile archaeological sources from the research by many researchers such as Harrisson and Harrisson (1971), Harrisson B. (1986), Harrisson B. (1995), Bazley and Bilcher (2009) dan more. Their researches focus on the distribution of trade ceramics at archaeological sites at Sabah and sunken ship site at Tanjung Simpang Mengayau at Kudat. However, there is new data from many archeological sites that were founded by Archeological Department of Sabah Museum located in north, west, east and central part of Sabah. This potential sites have to be studied to gain a picture and new data relating to trade ceramics in Sabah and supporting the existed historical data. 

Key word: Ceramics, trade, archeology, Sabah