 Areas of Buni culture | |
| Geographical range | West Java |
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| Dates | c. 400 BC–100 AD |
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Indonesia portalThe Buni culture is a prehistoric
The Buni culture is known for its peculiar pottery with incised, geometrical decorations, and the fact that it yielded the first Indian rouletted wares recorded from Southeast Asia.[3] Clay potteries were later developed with evidence found in Anyer to Cirebon.[4] Artifacts such as food and drink containers, dated from 400 BC to AD 100 have been found, mostly as burial gifts.[1]
Some experts describe the Buni culture as proto-Batawi.[5] Batawi relates to the Malayic-speaking Betawi people living in and around Jakarta. It is also suggested that the culture itself began as a prehistoric community but developed into another culture as it assimilated Hinduism during the fourth and fifth centuries A.D.[6] These two cultures, which are separated by 100 to 200 years, are depicted in the temple complex built at Batujaya and the Hindu temple complex system constructed later. These two cultures may not be viewed individually due to communal continuity.[6]
The Buni clay pottery culture bears similarities with the Sa Huỳnh styles in Vietnam and the regions around the South China Sea as well as the style of the earthenware excavated at Plawangan in north-central Java.[7] Pottery artefacts were discovered such as clay dishes, pots, water jars, and other daily utensils.
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