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Java - Buni Culture

400 BCE 500 CE
D G SC WF EQ 2020  id_buni / IdCJBun
Preceding Entity:
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Succeeding Entity: Add one more here.
500 CE 732 CE Kalingga Kingdom (id_kalingga_k)    [None]


  General Description   The archaeological culture known as the Buni culture left material remains across the coastal plain of northwestern Java, some of them dating to the first or second century CE [1] , though in all likelihood the Buni had existed since the third century BCE. [2] These remains include ceramics of various kinds (usually gray, burnished, and undecorated), a number of foreign items (for example, Romano-Indian ceramics), polished stone axes, and ceramic net sinkers, which point to the importance of fishing for the Buni economy. [3]
Population and political organization
No information could be found in the specialist literature, either on the political organization of the Buni, or on their population numbers.

[1]: (Miksic in Glover and Bellwood 2004, 237)

[2]: (Zahorka 2007, 27)

[3]: (Bulbeck in Peregrine and Ember 2000, 108)

General Variables
Identity and Location
Temporal Bounds
Political and Cultural Relations
Language
Religion
Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale
Hierarchical Complexity
Professions
Bureaucracy Characteristics
Law
Specialized Buildings: polity owned
Transport Infrastructure
Special-purpose Sites
Information / Writing System
Information / Kinds of Written Documents
Information / Money
Information / Postal System
Information / Measurement System
Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications
Military use of Metals
Steel
Absent 400 BCE 300 BCE
Unknown 299 BCE 500 CE
Iron
Absent 400 BCE 300 BCE
Present 299 BCE 500 CE
Copper
Absent 400 BCE 300 BCE
Present 299 BCE 500 CE
Bronze
Absent 400 BCE 300 BCE
Present 299 BCE 500 CE
Projectiles
Handheld weapons
Animals used in warfare
Armor
Naval technology
Economy Variables (Luxury Goods) Coding in Progress.
Religion Variables Coding in Progress.
Crisis Consequences Coding in Progress.
Power Transitions Coding in Progress.

NGA Settlements:

Year Range Java - Buni Culture (id_buni) was in:
 (400 BCE 499 CE)   Central Java
Home NGA: Central Java
General Variables
Identity and Location Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Utm Zone 49 M Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Original Name Java - Buni Culture Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Temporal Bounds Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Peak Years 100 CE Confident
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Duration [400 BCE ➜ 500 CE] Confident
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Political and Cultural Relations Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Supracultural Entity uncoded Undecided 400 BCE  500 CE
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Succeeding Entity Kalingga Kingdom Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Succeeding Entity
500 CE 732 CE
Kalingga Kingdom (id_kalingga_k)   [None]  Confident
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Language Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Linguistic Family NO_VALUE_ON_WIKI Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Religion Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Social Complexity Variables
Social Scale Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Hierarchical Complexity Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Settlement Hierarchy [1 to 2] Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Professions Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Bureaucracy Characteristics Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Law Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Specialized Buildings: polity owned Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Irrigation System Present Inferred 400 BCE  500 CE
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Transport Infrastructure Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Special-purpose Sites Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Information / Writing System Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Written Record Present Inferred 400 BCE  500 CE
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Information / Kinds of Written Documents Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Information / Money Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Information / Postal System Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Information / Measurement System Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Warfare Variables (Military Technologies)
Fortifications Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Wooden Palisade Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Stone Walls Non Mortared Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Stone Walls Mortared Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Settlements in a Defensive Position Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Modern Fortification Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Moat Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Earth Rampart Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Ditch Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Military use of Metals Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Steel Absent Confident 400 BCE 300 BCE
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Steel Unknown Suspected 299 BCE 500 CE
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Iron Absent Confident 400 BCE 300 BCE
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Iron Present Confident 299 BCE 500 CE
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Copper Absent Confident 400 BCE 300 BCE
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Copper Present Confident 299 BCE 500 CE
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Bronze Absent Confident 400 BCE 300 BCE
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Bronze Present Confident 299 BCE 500 CE
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Projectiles Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Tension Siege Engine Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Sling Siege Engine Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Sling Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Self Bow Present Confident 400 BCE 301 BCE
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Self Bow Unknown Suspected 300 BCE 500 CE
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Javelin Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Handheld Firearm Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Gunpowder Siege Artillery Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Crossbow Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Composite Bow Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Atlatl Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Handheld weapons Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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War Club Unknown Suspected 500 BCE 149 CE
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War Club Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Sword Absent Confident 400 BCE 149 CE
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Sword Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Spear Absent Confident 400 BCE 149 CE
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Spear Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Polearm Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Dagger Present Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Battle Axe Unknown Suspected 500 BCE 149 CE
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Battle Axe Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Animals used in warfare Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Horse Unknown Suspected 400 BCE 149 CE
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Horse Present Confident 150 CE 500 CE
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Elephant Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Donkey Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Dog Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Camel Absent Confident 400 BCE  500 CE
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Armor Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Wood Bark Etc Unknown Suspected 400 BCE 149 CE
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Wood Bark Etc Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Shield Unknown Suspected 400 BCE 149 CE
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Shield Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Scaled Armor Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Plate Armor Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Limb Protection Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Leather Cloth Unknown Suspected 400 BCE 149 CE
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Leather Cloth Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Laminar Armor Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Helmet Unknown Suspected 400 BCE 149 CE
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Helmet Present Inferred 150 CE 500 CE
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Chainmail Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Breastplate Unknown Suspected 400 BCE  500 CE
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Naval technology Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Economy Variables (Luxury Goods)
Religion Variables
Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Human Sacrifice Java - Buni Culture (id_buni)
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Crisis Cases
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Instability Data
Power Transitions
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