Traces of ancient aristocratic settlements in the Majapahit era were found not far from the Patakan Lamongan site

    Archaeological records in the form of ancient settlements left by the aristocracy were found in Lamongan.The settlement traces are thought to date from the Majapahit era and were found not far from the site of the Patakan Temple which had just finished excavation phase 4.Archaeological traces in the form of an ancient settlement area are recognized by the Trowulan Jatim Cultural Heritage Preservation Center (BPCB) archaeologist Wicaksono Dwi Nugroho.According to him, traces of the ancient settlement were found on the border of Pamotan Village and Selorejo Village, Sambeng District."The location is not far from the Patakan Site, a radius of 10 km from Patakan Village. Its name is the Alas Boto area," said Wicaksono Dwi Nugroho when talking with journalists, Tuesday (29/9/2020).He found many archaeological objects with a fairly wide spread of 200 square meters at Alas Boto. The findings of these ancient objects vary, from pottery shards, terracotta shards to coins of kepeng. "Actually there are quite a lot of distribution, but many people take it when managing land in the Perhutani area.Some of the ancient objects found include coins, terracotta decorations, broken ceramics and bricks.There were also crushed mortar stones as well as shards of miniature houses, jugs and containers and fine pottery.According to him, if you look at it, these ancient objects may have originated from the Majapahit era or the 15th century.The conclusion? according to Wicaksono, the location was a housing complex or settlement during the Majapahit era.Not just settlements, but elite or aristocratic settlements from the 15th century or the Majapahit era.The settlement complex is quite large and wide, from the findings, shards of fine pottery, terracotta and shards of miniature houses are the remains of the aristocrats of that era."This pottery is also fine pottery in the Majapahit style," he said.Admittedly, when he explored ancient sites in this forest area, he had not found any ancient structures.The initial findings of these objects will be carried out further research.He added that another marker that further strengthens that this area is an ancient settlement is the discovery of red bricks 30x18 cm which is the same as the findings of the other Majapahit era and the distribution of these brick finds is quite scattered.Head of Culture at the Office of Tourism and Culture (Disparbud) Lamongan, Mifta Alamuddin said, Disparbud Lamongan together with BPCB Trowulan East Java had seen the location of the findings of this former ancient settlement based on reports from the public.

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SITUS PATAAN

     The Cultural Heritage Conservation Agency (BPCB) in Trowulan, East Java, continued the excavation of the site in Pataan Village, Sambeng District, Lamongan, on Monday (21/9/2020). BPCB archaeologist Trowulan Wicaksono Dwi Nugroho said the fourth stage of the excavation was aimed at exploring the structure of the building on the Pataan site, whether the temple or monastery was a place of worship at that time. "For this time, we focus on showing the central part of the main building," said Wicaksono when contacted, Monday. Wicaksono suspected that the building on the site was a monastery. "There are allegations of temples, but if I prefer to go to a monastery. So this middle part will prove what building this is," he continued. Also read: Archaeologists Find Traces of King Wengker Palace, the Founding Son of Majapahit on the Kumitir Site before starting the excavation, BPCB Trowulan and a number of volunteers from the Laksar Airlangga Community installed a roof over the main building of the Pataan site. "Because the roof has collapsed, so it doesn't have a roof. We don't want it if it rains, there is a concern that rainwater will enter the rock cavities and damage the structures on the inside," Wicaksono explained. Installation of the roof on the main building has started since Tuesday (15/9/2020). This excavation will last for 13 days. "Hopefully it can be on schedule, so that later we will know whether this is a temple or monastery," said Wicaksono.

   Meanwhile, Head of Culture of the Office of Tourism and Culture (Disparbud) Lamongan Mifta Alamuddin said the excavation process at the Pataan site has been carried out since 2013. Excavations continued in 2018 and finally in 2019. "We are targeting that this excavation activity can be completed this year, it can be maximally opened , "said Mifta. 

In the third stage of excavation, BPCB Trowulan and the team found a building on the northwest corner and south side. The find is about four meters from the main building. Meanwhile, in the second phase, BPCB Trowulan found the main building which was 24 meters long and 16 meters wide. They also found a building resembling a fence made of kumbung stone on the west side

 

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2 Heads of Kala with Giant Faces of Singasari Kingdom Era Found in Tulungagung, Traced in Prasasti

Two ancient relics in the form of pieces of Kala's head were found in the 

courtyard of Krajan Hamlet, Sidorejo Village, Kauman District, Tulungagung Regency. The two objects were found in different locations.


The first location is in Sunarmi's house. Meanwhile, the second location is in Suprapdi's yard. According to Sunarmi's confession, in the vicinity of the location, several objects that were thought to be ancient had been found since he was a child.

"In my opinion, this is butho. Kala. Javanese people call it butho. Yes, the chunks are just chunks first. There are lots of them here too. The conditions are a bit cut like this. At this point it comes out a bit. If it used to appear and stay like this," said Sunarmi, Friday (19/6/2020).

“What is often found are stones, finally yesterday which party asked me to go there. In the ends, the head is also dug out. Found another one. This size is next to it. Yesterday it was dug (dug up) and the gold has no mouth. But said brother. I used to have three here, this is the biggest. In the past, when I was little, three of them played a lot. I don't, 'I don't know, now there are only two left,' he continued.

Sunarmi said that the location where Kala's head was found was a clump of thorny bamboo. From the measurement results of the Culture and Tourism Office of Tulungagung Regency, the shards of kala found in this location are 110 centimeters high, 134 centimeters wide, and 30 centimeters thick.

At the Suprapdi location, the Kala shard was found to be smaller. The dimensions are 85 centimeters high, 110 centimeters wide, and 26 centimeters thick. At that location there are also three colored flowers.

Sunarmi did not remember exactly what year he and his sister found the broken head of Kala. However, since it was found, the object that was suspected to be an ancient relic has been abandoned.

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