Archeological Museum Site Sangiran

 Sangiran Museum

Sragen is one of regencies in Central Java province which borders with East Java Province. Hence, Sragen Regency is the gateway into Central Java from the east. Sragen Regency is also often referred to as "Tlatah Sukowati" which has an area of 941.55 km 2, with the topography as follows: in the middle flow region Solo River which is the longest river in Java, the south is part of the slopes of Mount Lawu; the northern part of the Mountains Kendeng; and the west is an area that is known as "Sangiran Dome."

Located

In the village Krikilan Kecamatan. Kalijambe (+ 40 km from Sragen or + 17 km from Solo) Sangiran Dome save tens of thousands of fossils from job pleistosencoarse (+ 2 million years ago). These ancient fossils are ancient hominid fossils of 65% in Indonesia and 50% worldwide. To date more than 13,685 have been found fossil in the Museum's fossil 2931, the rest is stored in the warehouse.

As the World Heritage List (World Cultural Heritage). The museum has facilities including: exhibition space (the human fossils, ancient animals), laboratory, warehouse fossil, chamber slides and souvenir stalls Sangiran.

Sangiran Privilege

According to research experts in the ancient geological past a stretch of ocean. As a result of geological processes and consequences of natural disasters the eruption of Mount Lawu, Mount Merapi, and Mount Merbabu, Sangiran becomes Mainland. This is evidenced by the layers of soil-forming regions are very different from Sangiran soil elsewhere. Each soil layer was found in the fossils by type and era. For example, many Marine Animal Fossils found in the bottom layer of soil, which was once a sea.

"Sangiran Dome" or Sangiran area which has an area along the stretch of north-south along the 9 km. East-West along the 7 km. Log in four districts, or approximately 59.3 km2. Fossils Findings in the "Sangiran Dome" in the collected and stored in the Museum Sangiran. Findings in the Sangiran fossils for Ancient Hominid species (thought to be the origin of Human evolution) there are 50 (Fifty) Type / Individual. For fossils found in the Sangiran area represents 50% of the fossil findings in the World and is 65% of the findings in Indonesia. For this reason the 20th Session of the World Cultural Heritage Commission Marida City, Mexico on December 5, 1996, Sangiran Defined as one of the World Cultural Heritage "World Haritage List" Number: 593.

 Sangiran Museum Collection :

1. Human fossils, such as Australopithecus africanus, Pithecanthropus mojokertensis (Pithecantropus robustus), Meganthropus palaeojavanicus, Pithecanthropus erectus, Homo soloensis, Homo European Neanderthals, Homo Neanderthals Asia, and Homo sapiens.

2. Vertebrate fossils, among other namadicus Elephas (elephant), Stegodon trigonocephalus (elephant), Mastodon sp (elephant), palaeokarabau Bubalus (buffalo), Felis palaeojavanica (tiger), Sus sp (pig), Rhinocerus sondaicus (rhinoceros), Bovidae (cow, bull), and Cervus sp (deer and sheep).

3. Water animal fossils, among others Crocodillus sp (crocodile), fish and crabs, shark teeth, Hippopotamus sp (hippopotamus), Mollusca (class Pelecypoda and Gastropoda), Chelonia sp (a turtle), and foraminifera.

4. Rocks, among others Meteorite / Taktit, Kalesdon, Diatome, Agate, Ametis

5. Stone tools, such as flakes and blades, shaved and auger, square axes, stone balls and ax-penetak perimbas.

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Sonobudoyo Meseum In Yogyakarta or Jogjakarta

Sonobudyo Meseum As a Place to Save Historic and Archaeological Objects Which Exist Throughout Indonesia.

Sonobudoyo State Museum is a Regional Technical Implementation Unit at Yogyakarta Provincial Cultural Office, has the function of the management of museum objects that have a value of scientific culture, includes a collection of cultural development and educational guidance. While his job was to collect, care, preservation, conduct research, library services, educational guidance and presentation of cultural objects Sonobudoyo State Museum collection.

Sonobudoyo Museum located in downtown are in a strategic location, being within the Yogyakarta Cultural Center that much attention from various parties, both from within and outside the country.

Sonobudoyo building is home to the architecture of mosques joglo kesepuhan palace of Cirebon. Designed by Karsten Ir Th.

The existence of the museum is closely connected with the foundation during the Colonial Institute in the field of culture Java Java, Madura, Bali, and Lombok as the originator of the founding of the Museum Sonobudoyo, which was inaugurated on 6 November 1935, by Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VIII with marked candrasengkala "Wood Winayang Ing Brahmin Buddhist "

Sonobudoyo provincial museum in the hope that the future will be a description of the function of museums in terms of service and optimization of function, by looking at its potential, so that will have the prospects and opportunities for more developed and improved, in order to face competition both at national and international levels.

Collections of Museum Objects

A. Sonobudoyo State Museum as one of the museum that is common to have 10 (ten) collection types, namely:

    1. Geological Collections
    2. Biology Collection
    3. Ethnographic Collections
    4. Archaeology Collection
    5. Collection Historika
    6. Collection Numismatika
    7. Collection Filologika
    8. Collection Keramologika
    9. Fine Arts Collection
   10. Collection Technology

The collection of collections obtained through the submission of the community with a system of compensation, grants, orders, goods entrusted.

B. Total 10 species Sonobudoyo State Museum collection, with details as follows:

    1. Geology Collection: 13
    2. Biology Collection: 34
    3. Collection Ethnografi: 8157
    4. Archaeology Collection: 1981
    5. Collection Historika: 42
    6. Collection Numismatika: 21,914
   7. Collection Filologika: 1240
    8. Collection Keramologika: 384
    9. Collection of Fine Arts: 9120
    10. Collection Technology: 384

            Total: 43,235
            Position in March 2006

C. Of the total 10 types of data objects Sonobudoyo State Museum collection of 43,235 pieces:

    1. Been inventoried some 11,031 units (25.51%)
    2. Not yet inventoried some 32,204 units (74.48%)

 D. Collection on display at the permanent exhibition space at the State Museum Sonobudoyo unit I consists of 1184 pieces:

    1. Ethnography Collection: 715 pieces
    2. Archaeology Collection: 445 pieces
    3. Nimismatika Collection: 14 pieces
    4. Collection Keramologika: 7 pieces
    5. Collection Filologika: 3 pieces

F. Collection on display at the permanent exhibition space at the State Museum Sonobudoyo Unit II as many as 810 pieces consist of:

    1. Geologika Collection: 38 pieces
    2. Biologika Collection: 31 pieces
    3. Ethnografika Collection: 304 pieces
    4. Numismatika Collection: 147 pieces
    5. Filologika Collection: 12 pieces
    6. Collection of Fine Arts: 161 pieces

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