FROM WHERE DOES THE ANCIENT JAVANESE PEOPLE COME?

The existence of the community in Java is believed by many researchers to be migrants from outside the archipelago. Referring to the education banner installed in the History of Java museum, most experts indeed agree that the existence of the Javanese community which was the beginning of civilization as we know it today is marked by immigration from other regions.

From 2,000 BC to 500 BC (from the Neolithic Stone Age to the Bronze Age) there has been a migration of ancient populations from the Yunan region (South China) to areas in southern Asia including the Indonesian archipelago. This large-scale displacement is thought to be due to a major natural disaster or tribal war.

This is expressed by Von Heine Geldern backdropped by the discovery of ancient human equipment in the form of square-shaped stone pickaxe in all parts of Indonesia including Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, and Sulawesi. This equipment is exactly the same as other Asian equipment such as Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia especially around Yunan region.

The islands of southern Asia by Geldern are named Austronesia which means South Island (Austro = South, Nesos = Island). Austronesia covers the islands of Madagascar (south) to Easter Island (East), and Taiwan (north) to New Zealand (the South).

While the study of language by Brandes and forwarded by Kern who examines 113 languages ​​in the archipelago, and supported by Poerbotjaraka in "History of Indonesia volume I" strengthen the theory of Austronesian by stating that to all languages ​​of the region originally originated from a language family, named Austronesian.

C.G.H. Turner and D.R. Swindler in the identification of dental and skeleton phenotypes concluded that the race of Australo or Southern Mongoloid with the Melanesian race actually had the same ancestor, which in the late Pleistocene, the ancestors of the two races inhabited Southeast Asia. Southeast Asian areas considered to be the ancestral origins of ethnic tribes inhabitants of the archipelago, include the Champa (Vietnam), Tonkin Gulf, and Yunnan in southwest China. Thus, the race of Australo or Southern Mongoloid who mingle with the Melanesian race, becomes a new race and is called Australo-Melanesia, which develops with the race of Australo or Southern Mongoloid, then divided into Proto Malay race and Deutro Melayu race.

Approximately in 1500 BC Proto Melayu came to Indonesia through two lanes / roads, the west road, that is through Malaya - Sumatra and the east road, that is through the Philippines - North Sulawesi.

Proto Malay people has a culture that is higher level than the culture of Homo Sapiens Indonesia. 

Their culture is Neolithic (neo = new, lithos = stone).

This comprehensive discussion can be found in the History of Java museum in Yogyakarta. This museum deliberately displays its collection with chronological references to the period.

The museum is located in Jl Parangtritis KM 5.5 Bantul Yogyakarta Special Region. In this pyramid-shaped museum, the concept of eduarteinment is indeed a mainstay. All display collections with supporting technologies such as augmented reality and 3D movies. This new museum does seek information and education in the content it presents, but still does not leave artistic and entertainment aspects.

So, Just come out to this museum, when studying the past without boring. !

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