Human of Pawon
Bandung Institute for Archaeological again found a number of pieces of fossilized prehistoric leftovers in a box of new excavations at the Cave Site Pawon, Masigit Mountain Village, District Cipatat, West Bandung regency, West Java.
Researchers from the Archaeological Institute of Bandung, Lutfi said Yondri excavation or digging for research purposes in the Cave Site of Pawon will last two weeks, or ended until 4 September 2010.
“The research was conducted by creating a new excavation box. It was unlike the boxes used in previous excavations. Hopefully, this finding actually fossils,” said Lutfi Yondri. Previously, in early July, archaeologists were surprised by the findings caretaker Pawon Cave, Ecep Suhaya (54). Ecep find hundreds of pieces of bone and two teeth of allegedly hominid fossils at the site location. If true, he said, is a prehistoric human skeleton. And, those findings became the seventh prehistoric human skeleton found in the region of pawon Cave. However, the findings were still under review. Previously preached, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Republic of Indonesia proposed that Pawon Cave and Karst nature reserve Citatah made to UNESCO’s world heritage.
Secretary of Directorate General of History and Archaeology Kebudyaan and Tourism Ministry, Soeroso MP disclose the proposal has been made of post-exposure discovery of hominid fossils in the Karst region Citatah KBB, which was then called the human of pawon. The existence of these proposals is proof of the central government’s attention towards the discovery of objects of historical or cultural heritage. According Soeroso, Indonesia will compete with about 200 countries proposing the same thing. However, that will be recognized for each country only one in the field of cultural and one natural area. Seoroso hopes Pawon Cave soon become one of the established nature preserve cultural heritage of Indonesia. This was to conserve not only the responsibility of Indonesia, but the responsibility of the world. Mentioned, if the proposal is accepted, then concern for the Cave of pawon not only the responsibility of Indonesia, but also the world.
“It was not easy to break into the category of the UNESCO. But, we expect to be able to enter the Cave pawon in sites that are recognized the world,” he said. Explained Soeroso, offered Cave Pawon into the world because of the nature reserve as a place of discovery of Karst Citatah “man of pawon” (fossil) that characterize the karst from Indonesia. In addition, he said, “man Pawon” found a very rare discovery.
“We proposed this because pawon Cave has two advantages, as well as karst, there was also its inhabitants (human of Pawon),” he concluded.
