Govt selective in cooperation on archeology<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government has been very selective in
\naccepting offers of cooperation in archeology and rejected
\nvarious proposals from abroad, a senior official of the Ministry
\nof Education and Culture said yesterday.<\/p>\n
\"There have been many offers without good intentions, which we
\nhave had to reject,\" said Truman Simanjuntak of the prehistory
\ndepartment of the National Archeological Research Center.<\/p>\n
\"These include offers which merely aimed at seeking local
\npartners for research, but other than that the proposals were not
\nof much benefit to us,\" Truman said.<\/p>\n
Local partners are a pre-requisite to obtain the necessary
\nrecommendations from the Indonesian Science Institute to carry
\nout archeological work in the country.<\/p>\n
Truman said yesterday that a three-day workshop on prehistoric
\nprojects will be held from Monday in Yogyakarta by the French
\nEmbassy and the research center.<\/p>\n
Among the topics of discussion will be projects in Sangiran
\nand Punung in Pacitan, East Java, and explorations in Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
Speakers include Jacques Dumarcay of the French Institute of
\nFar Eastern Studies, who participated in the restoration of the
\nBorobudur temple in Magelang.<\/p>\n
Truman said important findings in the French-Indonesian joint
\nproject include further indications of how the Pithecanthropus
\nerectus lived.<\/p>\n
\"Hypotheses that the Pithecanthropus made his tools only out
\nof wood are now challenged,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The Research Center has been working with a number of French
\ninstitutions such as the National Natural History Museum, which
\nstarted in 1984. (anr)<\/p>",
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