Buren are known by the Tawoyan Dayak community in upstream Barito as places for smelting iron ore in ancient times. Research by the Kalimantan Archaeology Center in 2017–2021 found 26 buren sites in the Teweh sub-watershed and the Montalat sub-watershed, both are tributaries of the Barito watershed. Buren have significant value as historical evidence of iron-making technology in the past. Radiocarbon dating results show that buren sites were used between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Buren sites are located in the forest, so the public rarely knows their existence. This paper aims to analyze the efforts to introduce buren in the community through research, experimental studies, and making imitations of buren artifacts by casting, socializing, and discussing research results. Those activities are carried out jointly between researchers and the community around the site. The community is enthusiastic about preserving and representing the buren sites so they can be known, interpreted, and utilized by local people, especially the younger generation.

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Representing Buren Sites in the Barito Watershed, Central Kalimantan

  • Hartatik,
  • Bambang Sulistyanto

摘要

Buren are known by the Tawoyan Dayak community in upstream Barito as places for smelting iron ore in ancient times. Research by the Kalimantan Archaeology Center in 2017–2021 found 26 buren sites in the Teweh sub-watershed and the Montalat sub-watershed, both are tributaries of the Barito watershed. Buren have significant value as historical evidence of iron-making technology in the past. Radiocarbon dating results show that buren sites were used between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Buren sites are located in the forest, so the public rarely knows their existence. This paper aims to analyze the efforts to introduce buren in the community through research, experimental studies, and making imitations of buren artifacts by casting, socializing, and discussing research results. Those activities are carried out jointly between researchers and the community around the site. The community is enthusiastic about preserving and representing the buren sites so they can be known, interpreted, and utilized by local people, especially the younger generation.