Invaluable Cultural Heritage at Risk:
An Appeal for the Conservation of Important Archaeological Sites at Kota Cina &
Deli Tua
E. EDWARDS McKINNON
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2007
[Revised May 2008]
Introduction
This paper is an appeal for the conservation of two important, indeed unique
historical sites that embody the spirit of urban development in the Medan
region. The first, Kota Cina, is an important early trading settlement located
a short distance northwest of Labuan Deli and dates from between the eleventh
to perhaps the fourteenth century C.E. The second is Deli Tua, the erstwhile
site of the power centre of the former important historical Malayo-Batak polity
of Aru.
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