Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia

This paper stems from data collected during fieldwork in the Laotian provinces of Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang and in Malaysia’s Sabah province. It compares and contrasts the stone jars of Laos and the menhirs of Sabah, with particular focus on the supernatural qualities ascribed to stone. Jars a...

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Main Author:	Genovese, Lia
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Language:	English
Published:	Ikatan Ahli Arkeologi Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14286/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14286/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14286/1/199-333-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-142862020-02-18T01:30:11Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14286/ Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia Genovese, Lia This paper stems from data collected during fieldwork in the Laotian provinces of Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang and in Malaysia’s Sabah province. It compares and contrasts the stone jars of Laos and the menhirs of Sabah, with particular focus on the supernatural qualities ascribed to stone. Jars and menhirs are expressions of a wider megalithic art, the former sculpted from a single boulder and the latter generally set vertically into the ground, plain and undecorated. Shape does not impact the stone’s perceived unearthly powers, whose spirit can manifest itself as easily from a jar as from a menhir. The relatively young age of the Sabah menhirs, estimated at 300 years, has been instrumental in assembling testimonies about their functions and ways in which communities interact with, and react to, their perceived paranormal qualities. The date of the Laotian jars is Iron Age. Ikatan Ahli Arkeologi Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/14286/1/199-333-1-PB.pdf Genovese, Lia (2019) Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia. Jurnal Arkeologi Malaysia, 32 (1). pp. 53-76. ISSN 0128-0732 http://spaj.ukm.my/jurnalarkeologi/index.php/jurnalarkeologi/issue/view/32
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description	This paper stems from data collected during fieldwork in the Laotian provinces of Xieng Khouang and Luang Prabang and in Malaysia’s Sabah province. It compares and contrasts the stone jars of Laos and the menhirs of Sabah, with particular focus on the supernatural qualities ascribed to stone. Jars and menhirs are expressions of a wider megalithic art, the former sculpted from a single boulder and the latter generally set vertically into the ground, plain and undecorated. Shape does not impact the stone’s perceived unearthly powers, whose spirit can manifest itself as easily from a jar as from a menhir. The relatively young age of the Sabah menhirs, estimated at 300 years, has been instrumental in assembling testimonies about their functions and ways in which communities interact with, and react to, their perceived paranormal qualities. The date of the Laotian jars is Iron Age.
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title	Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia
title_short	Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia
title_full	Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia
title_fullStr	Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia
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publisher	Ikatan Ahli Arkeologi Malaysia, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2019
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Spirits of the stone, from landlocked Laos to Sabah, insular Malaysia

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