Paper short abstract:

The identification of rock art at Andomo and Lampetia caves extended the known distribution of painted rock art in Sulawesi. The motifs are predominantly hand stencils and show similarities with the hand-stencil motifs in the Maros region

Paper long abstract:

Andomo and Lampetia are limestone caves located in the Lake Towuti area in South Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi provinces. The caves contain burials and associated funerary goods, as well as painted rock art. Both sites were located in 2011 during a survey of the Towuti region and excavated the following year (2012) by a joint team of Australian and Indonesian archaeologists.

The identification of rock art at Andomo and Lampetia caves extended the known distribution of painted rock art in Sulawesi. The motifs are predominantly hand stencils and show similarities with the hand-stencil motifs in the Maros region, most notably in that they include examples of hands which have been over-stenciled to create the appearance of pointed ends to the fingers. However these caves lack the figurative animals found in the caves further south.