STRATEGI MEMUNGUT SPESIES MOLUSKA PAYA BAKAU DI SABAH DARI PERSPEKTIF ETNOARKEOLOGI (STRATEGIES IN GATHERING MANGROVE MOLLUSCS IN SABAH FROM AN ETHNOARCHAEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE)

Deejay Daxter A. Albert, Velat Bujeng

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Abstrak 

Penulisan ini membincangkan mengenai strategi memungut spesies moluska paya bakau bagi masyarakat prasejarah di Sabah dengan memerhati aktiviti memungut moluska di paya bakau oleh masyarakat Bajau di Tuaran, Sabah. Pemerhatian turut serta dan temu bual yang diadakan dengan golongan nelayan Bajau di Kampung Tambalang Laut Laya-Laya mendapati bahawa strategi yang di aplikasi untuk memungut moluska di kawasan paya bakau dipengaruhi pasang surut air. Meskipun mempunyai spesies utama yang diburu iaitu lokan (Geloina expansa), spesies-spesies moluska lain turut dipungut secara sampingan jika dijumpai. Dengan membandingkan jumpaan spesies moluska paya bakau di tapak-tapak arkeologi di Sabah, ditemui bahawa kemungkinan strategi memungut moluska paya bakau yang di aplikasi masyarakat Bajau di Tuaran pada masa kini turut diguna pakai serba-sedikit oleh masyarakat prasejarah di Sabah. 

Kata kunci: Etnoarkeologi, paya bakau, sisa cangkerang, lokan, Geloina expansa, Bajau Tuaran

 

Abstract 

This paper discussed the strategies in gathering mangrove molluscs of the prehistoric societies in Sabah by observing the gathering activity of mangrove molluscs among the Bajau people in Tuaran, Sabah. Participant observations and interviews that were conducted with the Bajau fishermen in Kampung Tambalang Laut Laya-Laya revealed that the strategies applied to gather molluscs in mangrove swamps are based on tides. Despite having one main species targeted, which is mud clams (Geloina expansa), other molluscan species coincidentally found are also gathered as supplements. Through comparison with the species of molluscs found in archaeological sites in Sabah, it can be interpreted that the strategies applied by the Bajau people in Tuaran to gather mangrove molluscs were possibly more or less applied by the prehistoric societies in Sabah. 

Keywords: Ethnoarchaeology, mangrove swamps, mollusc remains, mud clam, Geloina expansa, Bajau Tuaran

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