Baranusa Old Settlement Site, Indonesia
| General Attributes |
DOI| 10.34946/D6CC81 | |
| Project Name | Baranusa Old Settlement Site |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Status | Published |
| Citation |
| Maritime Asia Heritage Survey 2026: Baranusa Old Settlement Site - LiDAR - Aerial. Distributed by Open Heritage 3D. https://doi.org/10.34946/D6CC81 |
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| Spatial Data | Download (Links to all available data types will be emailed) |
| Data Type |
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Device Name |
Device Type |
| LiDAR - Aerial | 2.18 GB | DJI Matrice 300 RTK | UAV LiDAR Sensor |
| Background |
| Site Description | Site 005 is an abandoned old settlement. There are up to 100 old graves, rock pile enclosures, well remnants, a building foundation, and ceramic and pottery sherd scatters.
Oral History (Notes of any comments by local inhabitants about the site)
According to an elder of Baranusa, this site was an old settlement of the Baranusa kingdom, well known for the surrounding fortification, which resembles stacked Chinese prose lines (Piringsina).
The fortification was built around 1520 and lasted for over 3 centuries before it eventually moved to Pulau Kura, after the kingdom lost a war with the mountain tribes in 1879. In 1908, the settlement was then moved again, this time from Pulau Kura, and it adopted the old name of Baranusa. Hence, the current Baranusa is located several kilometers away from the original Baranusa site.
The most prominent figure was Imam Mukhtar (whose grave is found on this site), who was an Islamic teacher from North Maluku who came along with his wife also from Maluku and helped spread Islam.
Jou Gogo was a contemporary counterpart of Imam Mukhtar and a member of Lima Gogo from Maluku, also helped spread Islam. Together, they built a mosque in the village and brought along Syariat and other implements such as the Khutbah staff, scrolls, and knives.
Residents of the village consist of members of the Makakang tribe, whose origins can be traced to Java, the Sigam tribe, and the Ilu tribe. The last two tribes were the rulers of the kingdom. | |
| Project Description | The Maritime Asia Heritage Survey (MAHS) works to systematically inventory and digitally document endangered cultural heritage in the Maldives, Indonesia, Thailand, and elsewhere across the region. The materials documented through this work are critically endangered, facing both natural and human threats that jeopardize the survival and accessibility of historical information connected to the interconnected Indian Ocean world.
The aerial LiDAR data made available here were collected by the MAHS Field Team using DJI Zenmuse L1 LiDAR sensor mounted on DJI Matrice 300 RTK UAV platform. The data were processed by the Digital Heritage Documentation Lab using DJI Terra and exported as a LAS point cloud. This dataset supports site-scale digital documentation, preservation, and future research reuse. | |
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| Collection Date | 2023-10-22 to 2023-10-22 |
| Publication Date | 2026-08-05 |
| License Type | CC BY-NC-ND |
| Model Information |
| Reuse Score | B - High-Quality Model without Georeferencing |
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