The Gunung Padang site is a prehistoric site a megalithic

Mochamad riza faisal Start Date: Apr 19, 2024 - End Date: Jan 18, 2025
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by: Mochamad riza faisal Start Date: Apr 19, 2024 - End Date: Jan 18, 2025
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This site reappeared after the discovery of the Toba Pyramid, North Sumatra, by the same geologist who led the research on Mount Padang, Danny Hilman Natawidjadja.
In their study, Bronto and Langi did not discuss the archaeological side of Mount Padang, but instead combed through geological data in the area. It is hoped that this geological data can help solve archaeological problems that are still a mystery to this day.
Regionally, the Gunung Padang area is dominated by rocks resulting from past volcanic activity. Therefore, this research was carried out based on an understanding of ancient volcanic geology.
In their research, Bronto and Langi discovered that Mount Padang and its surroundings are the ancient Karyamukti volcano whose age is estimated to be older than the Pliocene era (around 5 million to 2 million years ago).
Mount Padang and its surroundings are the ancient Karyamukti volcano whose remnants from its activities form volcanic breccia units, altered rock with argillic-quartz-pyrite veins and silicified-quartz-limonitic veins, as well as Mount Padang andesite basalt rock. lava dome intrusion," they wrote in their study.
Breccia or breccia itself is a rock consisting of mineral fragments or flakes held together by a fine-grained matrix.
Both mention that the volcanic breccia unit is in the form of a composite cone, while the other rock units are in the facies (appearance of a collection of rock layers) in the center of the Karyamukti volcano.
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