Punden Megalithic Site
Pugungraharjo administratively archeological sites located in the village Pugungraharjo, Jabung sub-district, East Lampung regency, Lampung Province, and is at a height of 80 m above sea level. Pugungraharjo site discovered in 1957 by local residents consisting of citizens of migrants during logging. Some loggers, namely Barno Raharjo, Sardi, Karjo and Sawal report the findings to the Department of Antiquities. One of the preliminary findings is a statue known as the statue is characterized by the classical period and berlanggam Buddhist.
Actually, the disclosure of the megalithic tradition in Sumatra have done many experts long before Indonesia's independence, among other things Tombrink, Steinmetz, Ullman, Schnitger, Van der Hoop, and Funke. However Pugungraharjo discovered by the migrants, it is not known by the researchers.
Over the years since its discovery, precisely in 1968, the initial study was undertaken by the Archaeological Institute led by Drs. Buchori. In 1973, the National Institute of Antiquities and Heritage in collaboration with the Pennsylvania University Museum's recording and documenting archaeological Pugungraharjo the results poured in Sumatra Research Report. Research continues and in 1980 carried out the excavation, which resulted in the conclusion that the megalithic complex Pugungraharjo has an area of approximately 25 ha.
In the years 1977/1978 to 1983/1984 years the restoration at the site Pugungraharjo by the General Directorate of Protection and Development of History and Archaeology through the Project Development and Maintenance of Historical and Archeological Lampung.
Viewed from the side chronology, artifacts, and its features, the site Pugungraharjo Archaeological Park is very unique, interesting, and varied. Remains at this site chronologically so complete, ranging from prehistoric, classical (Hindu - Buddhist), until the Islamic period. Artifacts found at the site, among others, foreign ceramics of various dynasties, local ceramics, beads, dolmen, menhir, knife, spear, stone cavities, grindstone, stone pipisan, stone axes, stone trap staircase, bronze bracelets, and stone scratched. Features found on this site include:
Fortress Pugungraharjo
The form of two mound on the west and east. West bastion length of 300 m, while the east of 1200 m with a height of a mound of soil between 2 to 3.5 m, and trenches at a depth of 3-5 m. The castle is not angled shape but circular. In some parts there is a road that connects the outside and inside the castle, and in some places there are doors that are expected as the gateway entrance to the fort.
The fort is estimated as a function of protection from wild animal attacks or attack other tribes. Inside the castle there is a place called the corpse stone complex consisting of rock altars, menhirs and stone scratched on a piece of land square.
Punden
In the form of a mound of earth and stones berundak steps, consisting of punden punden west and east. Punden west include punden first two steps, punden II consists of three steps, punden III consists of two steps, and punden IV in the form of a mound of earth as high as 1 m. As in punden east there is a large staircase with three steps and is the biggest staircase surrounded by a small moat. Overall, up to now the number punden on this site as much as 13 punden. A staircase in the easternmost part of the site that measures 8 mx 8 m, according to the locals is the discovery of the statue of Bodhisattva known as Puteri Badariah sculptures by local people. Bodhisattva statue is currently housed in the Museum Site Pugungraharjo.
Perforated stone
There is a stone with a hole in the eastern part of the site, which is near the springs. Perforated stone made of black stone gray that there are four holes on the surface of the flat rock. There are 19 stone with a hole at the site. Perforated stone function is likely to squash something that needs to be refined, as well as associated with funerals.
Stone Mortar
There are two stone mortar on the site Pugungraharjo, namely in the fields in the east of the site, while the other was near the stone corpse.
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Stone bergores
The findings contained four stone scratched by a small river on the south side of the site. Scratches form of lines with indentations for fingers, but clearly menunujukkan man's work.
Stone complex Cage (Stone Corpses)
In the form of a group of large stones arranged in the shape of a square with the direction toward the east and west. In the middle of a large group of stone, there are rocks which the locals called the stone corpse. The stone elliptic at both ends carved phallus (the symbol of the male genitals).
Ceramics
Distribution of ceramics found on the site is quite extensive Pugungraharjo wherein the ceramic chronology ranging from the 8th century until the 17th century AD Foreign ceramics found on this site are from the Tang Dynasty, Cing, Sung, and Ming. This evidence indicate that the trade or shipping in the 10th century until the 16th century AD in the region Sekampung Way is very crowded. Even through this Sekampung Way is suspected as the entry path of Islam to Central Lampung, considering the medallion was found Sam Pho Khong in this area.
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