Lashing the loose planks: Making sense of the understudied “new” lashed-lug sites in
Sumatra, Indonesia
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Title
Lashing the loose planks: Making sense of the understudied “new” lashed-lug sites in
Sumatra, Indonesia
Sumatra, Indonesia
Description
The topic of this abstract fits best within this Session 6 Lashed-lug boats: Emerging research from Southeast Asia
and the Pacific because it presents new information about the understudied and/or unpublished lashed-lug
boats/ships found within the last decade in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The case studies under consideration
are the lashed-lug boat remains from sites in the provinces of North Sumatra, South Sumatra, and Jambi. The
resources available to conduct the work include boat/ship timbers consisted of hull planks, wing ends, and other
hull component, as well as rudders, kept in the artefact storages and museums. The research questions of this
project are what new information can be obtained from a close examination of the boat/ship planks and other
timbers, and how such information would contribute to the advancement of the knowledge about the lashed-lug
boatbuilding. The result of the detailed documentation of the boat/ship remains is a comprehensive dataset which
covers many variables including ones overlooked in previous research. This project is a part of the author’s
doctoral research which expected result is the insights of variations within this particular boatbuilding and the
factors causing the variations.
and the Pacific because it presents new information about the understudied and/or unpublished lashed-lug
boats/ships found within the last decade in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The case studies under consideration
are the lashed-lug boat remains from sites in the provinces of North Sumatra, South Sumatra, and Jambi. The
resources available to conduct the work include boat/ship timbers consisted of hull planks, wing ends, and other
hull component, as well as rudders, kept in the artefact storages and museums. The research questions of this
project are what new information can be obtained from a close examination of the boat/ship planks and other
timbers, and how such information would contribute to the advancement of the knowledge about the lashed-lug
boatbuilding. The result of the detailed documentation of the boat/ship remains is a comprehensive dataset which
covers many variables including ones overlooked in previous research. This project is a part of the author’s
doctoral research which expected result is the insights of variations within this particular boatbuilding and the
factors causing the variations.
Creator
Agni Mochtar
Publisher
The Museum of Underwater Archaeology
Date
2023
Language
English
Bibliographic Citation
Mochtar, Agni. 2023. “Lashing the loose planks: Making sense of the understudied “new” lashed-lug sites in Sumatra, Indonesia.” Edited by Jennifer Craig, Jay Mok, T. Kurt Knoerl, Ligaya Lacsina, Agni Mochtar, and Pierre-Yves Manguin. In Proceedings of Fifth Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage: Gwangju, The Republic of Korea, November 13-18 2023. The Museum of Underwater Archaeology. URL: https://apconf.omeka.net/exhibits/show/apconfproceedings/item/1942
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Agni Mochtar, “Lashing the loose planks: Making sense of the understudied “new” lashed-lug sites in
Sumatra, Indonesia,” Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Proceedings, accessed September 16, 2026, https://apconf.omeka.net/items/show/1942.
Sumatra, Indonesia,” Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage Proceedings, accessed September 16, 2026, https://apconf.omeka.net/items/show/1942.