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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