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It’s an eclectic mix of culture and archaeology in this week’s edition of Wednesday Rojak. Here’s some of the post from the blogosphere that caught my eye during the past week: The Washington Post has some tips on visiting Cambodia’s Angkor on a budget by visiting during the rainy season in When it Rains, You [...] I mentioned in the previous post about the Negara Kertagama about how Malaysia and Indonesia are embroiled in a dispute over the a traditional song, and I just wanted to highlight this editorial in the Jakarta Post which might shed light on our non-Southeast Asian readers who might not be familiar with the politics of the region. The term “Malay” does not mean the same thing in Malaysia and Indonesia! [...] I might be away, but that didn’t stop me from preparing this edition of the Wednesday Rojak beforehand! Up this week: More hobbit thoughts: Suvrat Kher wonders if the Hobbit was our ancestor. Julien Riel-Salvatore writes about the Hobbit wrists and new directions in the interpretation of the associated stone tools. MumbaiGirl posts about sunrises [...] Newsweek magazine features an interview with Matthew Tocheri, one of the investigators behind the Hobbit wrist study. [...] And finally, the abstract of the homo floresiensis wrist study from Science Magazine. Subscription required for full access. [...] Here’s a news piece about the wrist study which sums up the news quite nicely in layman terms. There’s also a dissenting opinion about the study that’s also food for thought. [...] A new study on the wrist bones recovered from the homo floresiensis assembly adds extra weight to our Hobbit from Flores being an entirely new species rather than a sick, deformed human. There are a few other stories popping up today so stay tuned for more insights! It’s a really busy day at work, so hopefully I can post them all up by the end of the day. [...] Transpose this situation to the Southeast Asian context: could Portugal lay claim to the, say, Flor del Mar, a 16th-century ship which sunk off the coast of Sumatra? Indonesia has de facto claim to the wreck because it lies in its waters, and the UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage would rule that Indonesia has “exclusive right to regulate and authorize activities directed at underwater cultural heritage in their internal waters, archipelagic waters and territorial sea”. Incidentally, Indonesia is not signatory to the convention. [...] 06 September 2007 (Reuters) – If you think Angkor falling victim to climate change was bad enough, today Reuters carries a story about how Borobudur is falling victim to the crazy weather as well. Reduce! Reuse! Recycle! creative commons photo by elbisreverri Global warming threatens Indonesia’s Borobudur temple By Sugita Katyal and Adhityani Arga [...] |
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