Sejarah ekskavasi dan pembuatan manik di Malaysia dan Asia Tenggara: The history of excavation and bead-making in Malaysia and Southeast Asia

Ahmad Tajudeen, Aishah Bee (2024) Sejarah ekskavasi dan pembuatan manik di Malaysia dan Asia Tenggara: The history of excavation and bead-making in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Applied History Journal of Merong Mahawangsa (AHJMM), 2. pp. 56-71. ISSN 3009-0547

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Abstract

The field of archaeology is closely related to excavation activities. Focussing on past writings, this article discusses the research and reports of bead finds in excavations carried out by archaeologists. In bead research, the earliest writings by Horace Bech paved the way for bead research in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. Peter Francis (Jr) also contributed in writing about the study of glass beads in Malaysia. Bead reports by G.B. Gardner and Alastair Lamb also cannot be ignored in global bead research. Researching their reports provides an understanding of the actual state of the archaeological field in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. In their report, it was found that apart from determining the role of beads for a society and the method of dissemination, they faced problems in determining the method of manufacture and the type of excavated beads. Analysis of the manufacturing methods and types of beads bear importance on the development of the field of archaeology, yet are less debated among the local archaeological research community. Bead archaeology plays an important role in identifying other aspects such as socioeconomic, religious, and ritual importance in an area and community relations with other community areas. Therefore, this article emphasizes the investigation of the manufacturing methods and types of beads through the arguments of bead researchers in Malaysia and Southeast Asia

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Bead, Southeast Asia, Arikamedu, Mutisalah, Sungai Johor, excavated stone
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Divisions:	College of Arts and Sciences
Depositing User:	Mdm. Rozana Zakaria
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2026 11:21
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2026 11:21
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/32695

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