Distribusi dan Sebaran Situs Gambar Cadas di Indonesia: Sintesis Penelitian

Abstract

Gambar cadas atau lebih dikenali sebagai ‘rock art’ merupakan lukisan atau bentuk yang dibuat oleh masyarakat prasejarah di atas batu terutamanya dalam gua. Artikel ini akan memaparkan hasil penelitian terbaru mengenai kajian lukisan gua di Indonesia dalam kurun waktu sepuluh tahun terakhir. Hasil jumpaan gambar cadas boleh dibahagikan kepada dua iaitu figuratif dan non-figuratif. Warna lukisan yang dijumpai kebanyakannya warna merah daripada hematit dan hitam daripada batu oker. Selain gambar yang boleh didapati dalam gua, terdapat juga lukisan yang dilukis di tebing kars. Jumlah gambar cadas yang terdapat di Indonesia pada setiap bahagian adalah di Sulawesi 106 daripada 127 gua prasejarah; Kalimantan 50 cap tangan yang terdapat pada 11 buah gua; Papua memberikan 3191 buah gambar dan Sumatera dalam Gua Harimau dijumpai sebanyak 50 buah.

Kata kunci: Gambar cadas; prasejarah Indonesia; figuratif; karst

Abstract

Cave painting which is also known as rock art is a paint or shape made by prehistoric people on a rock especially in the cave. This article will present the latest result on the study of cave painting in Indonesia over the last ten years. The results from the cave painting can be divided into two types which are figurative and non-figurative. Color paintings which were found are mostly red in color from hematite and black color from ocher stone. Besides paintings which can be found in the cave, there were also paintings on karst cliff. The amount of cave paintings found in every part of Indonesia are including Sulawesi which is 106 out of 127 prehistoric caves; 50 handprints which were found in 11 caves in Kalimantan, 3191 paintings in Papua and 50 paintings found at Gua Harimau in Sumatera.

Keyword: Rock art; prehistoric Indonesia; figurative; carst