A Note on Pulau Kompei in Aru Bay, Northeastern Sumatra
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7990579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Edwards Mckinnon, Tengku Luckman Sinar |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Pages | 48-48 |
| Publication date | 1981-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Indonesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7289 • E-ISSN: 2164-8654 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3350855 |
| OpenAlex | W2320525356 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 1 |
The story of Pulau Kompei is intimately linked with that of Aru Bay and its immediate hinterland, an area drained by several sizeable rivers, the most impor tant of which is the Besitang,* 1 rising on the slopes of Gunung Mesigit on the east ern side of the Bukit Barisan range.We first visited the site on August 17, 1974, prompted by a reference to "Kompei" by O. W. Wolters2 and the reprinting of John Anderson's Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra, in which Kompei is referred to as Pulau Sampah tua. 3 We immediately encountered significant traces o f former habi tation in the form of sampah tua, or ancient rubbish of the nineteenth century Malays.Although we carried out no excavations at Pulau Kompei, we did make surface collections of potsherds and other artifacts which have enabled us to give a tentative dating to at least one period of trading activity there.We were able to visit the site on three subsequent occasions up to early 1977, and our further in vestigations led us to believe that we had rediscovered the "Kompei" mentioned in Chinese records.We acknowledge, however, that an inconsistency seems to exist between the suggested location of the toponym and at least one of the products said to be available there.The following note is a summary of our investigations between 1974 and 1977. Pulau Kompei and Aru BayThe island of Pulau Kompei and a village of the same name are situated at the northern side of the northern entrance to Aru Bay (Telok A r u ), 4° 12' N. 98°1 5' E. 4 Located on a narrow channel which separates it from the rocky northern shore of Pulau Sembilan, Pulau Kompei is ideally situated to control the entrance * The authors would like to thank Professor O. W. Wolters for reading an earlier draft of this paper and making several helpful suggestions
Archaeology · Bay · Geography · Geological and Geophysical Studies
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