Lessons from the Gunung Padang Retraction
The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsletter for 18 - 24 March 2024
Sugeng enjang! This week in Southeast Asian Archaeology, I'm diving headfirst into what I consider the most electrifying news of the week - the retraction of the contentious Gunung Padang paper by Natawidjaja et al. It's a rare occurrence, perhaps unprecedented, for an archaeology paper from our region to be retracted*. The buzz since its publication in…