Australomelanesoid in Indonesia: A swinging-like movement



Toetik Koesbardiati(1*), Rusyad Adi Suriyanto(2)

(1) Department ofAnthropology,Airlangga University, Surabaya
(2) Lab. Bioanthropology and Paleoanthropology, Department ofAnatomy Embryology &Anthropology Faculty of Medicine, GadjahMada University, Yogyakarta
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


Background and objective: The aim of this study is to reconstruct the migration of the racial elements in
Indonesia. Generally, it is accepted that there are two racial groups in Indonesia, Australomelanesoid and
Mongoloid.Australomelanesoid occupied in Indonesia longer thanMongoloid.Australomelanesoid spreads from
SoutheastAsia to the eastern and southern part of Indonesia.
Materialsand methods: The variable used in this study are racial affinity and antiquity.We studied 41 cranium
which is derived frommany regions of Indonesia.Osteoscopy is used to determine the racial affinity and used
field reports to determine antiquity.
Results and conclusion: The results of this study has shown the pattern ofmigration that can be described
as swinging-like pendulumsmovements.We assumewhichAustralomelanesoid is the first inhabitant.They has
spreaded and occupied in the east part of Indonesia. The first pendulumisMongoloid which swings fromAsian
Mainland to Indonesia. The second pendulumisAustralomelanesoid which hits theMongoloid domination. The
swing ofAustralomelanesoid came fromeastern part of Indonesia.Another swinging of the first pendulumalso
came fromthe north of Indonesia.

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