Explore the secret of Sangiran

Posted on June 5th, 2008 in favorite places anchent, old, sangiran

Sangiran with its hidden treisure of fossils will give you an advanture vacation.

Located 15km from Surakarta, Sangiran is famous for Pithecanthropus Erectus, the prehistoric Java man.

It is fossilized land of prehistoric living things. The Pleistocene Museum keeps some skills of the erectus, fossils of plants and animals. Sangiran and other places such as Wajak (near Tulungangung) and Trinil (near Ngawi) are significant places for human evolution/theory.

It is interesting place for scientific tourism in the field of geology, anthropology and archeology. Many experts came to this site to do some research and study among other; Van Es (1939), Duyfyes (1936), Van Bemmelen (1937), Van Koeningswald (1938), Sartono (1960), Suradi (1962) and Otto Sudarmaji (1976). Van Koeningswald said that more than five different types of hominoid fossils have been found in Sangiran, it was incredible.

There is no other place in the world like Sangiran. The Sangiran fossils are very various, they were earth as well as sea fossils. There was a possibility that island of Java was erected from the bottom of sea million years ago.

If you are interested on geology, anthopology and archeology, Sangiran will be a heaven for you.