4,000-year-old painted plaque reveals early Austronesian art tradition

A 4,000-year-old painted stone plaque from an Indonesian island offers new evidence about the spread of Austronesian culture across the Pacific. Archaeologists found the plaque at Huknaur rockshelter on Wetar Island, in eastern Indonesia. An international team from The Australian National University and Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency recovered the object during excavations. The […]