Pak Suharno and Chen surveying the right side of the Batang Hari river.

Pak Kris enjoying his ojek ride en route between Muara Sabak and Lambur ( 40 minute ojek ride).

Prof. John Miksic giving a sherd dating workshop for Pak Kris, Pak Agus, Wahyu, Ricky, and Andi.

Omar and Prof. McKinnon in front of the Muara Jambi office where some of the team spent a few nights, and discovered some hungry wild boars nearby.

Shu, Pak Harno, and Pak Ardika amidst heaps of quartz stones found at Candi Kedaton, the only Candi in southeast asia to have the puzzling feature.

Grown men weren't made to squeeze into tiny boats with all their archaeological equipment, but they managed to somehow do it.

Omar and Pak Agus collecting artifacts on a very muddy riverbank as Prof. McKinnon gestures towards more that they've missed.

Chen and Shu sitting idly in a warung before eating potentially deadly Mee Rebus (River Mee), the lunch staple for the teams during the Batang Hari survey.

Shah waiting for the 5-hour boat ride headed for Batam at Kuala Tungkal (a 3 hour car ride to Jambi, 2.5 if the driver is crazy).

Prof. McKinnon having a laugh with the locals on the boat.

Chen at Pak Latif's house in Makam Orang Kayo' Hitam, where the front right hand corner of the Malay makam (grave) boosts your cellphone signal in a very mysterious manner.

Pak Harno, Andi, Pak Ardika, Shu, and the driver of Team II.

A tired Chen takes a nap on the pong pong as the boat heads back upstream towards Jambi. Lifevests have also been used as a pillow.

Wahyu and Emma peering out of team I's pong pong as they wait for their artifacts to dry out on top of the boat at Makam Orang Kayo' Hitam.

Chen clearing away some undergrowth to see the site stratigraphy with a parang next to a modern ship building factory as Pak Harno looks on.

You know you've got a savvy pong pong driver when he doesn't even need to use his hands at driving his pong pong.

Pak Agus attempting to manually steer the pong pong back to shore.

Omar and Pak Widodo en route to Jambi from Kuala Tungkal.

Ricky, Pak Patera, Chen, Andi, Emma, Omar, and Pak Oki in discussion at BP3.

Ricky, Chen, Pak Agus, and Pak Oki looking over the lambur map at BP3.

Pak Agus looking over the map with Omar.

Ricky, Andi, Pak Patera, and Pak Widodo at the angkutan.

Andi, Ricky, and Emma ready to process artifacts at the BP3.

Pak Patera smiling for the camera.

Pak Agus S., Wahyu, and Andy chilling out at the lambur house.

Omar and Chen getting ready.

Pak Agus S., Pak Kris, and Agus preparing.

Wahyu and Andy getting ready.

The team heading towards the Lambur II survey area.

Wahyu, Agus, and Pak Agus S. walking in the undergrowth.

Andy checking the compass while Omar looks on.

Coconut, anyone?

Omar taking note of the GPS coordinate.

Chen going through thick bush.

Andy with the radio.

Andy and the local laborer digging a test pit while Omar and Chen watch on.

Pak Kris holding the meter tape.

The meter tape going far far ahead through thick bush.

Agus looking through the soil for artifacts as the local laborer digs.

Agus and Pak Kris conferring on the slowness of the GPS while the help looks on.

Wahyu trying to get a coconut even as he smokes a Wismilak Diplomat.

The local laborer, Pak Kris, Wahyu, and Andy looking over a pit.

One team in the foreground while another team moves ahead.

Everyone getting ready to go with bulges of artifacts.

The team crossing the wooden bridge to head back for the night.

Agus smiling, ready to take a camera shot, while Chen smokes his U Mild.

Wahyu, Pak Kris, and Agus relaxing with the locals in the patio after an exhausting day.

Andy, Omar, and Chen looking over the gameplan again.

Andy looking very happy.

Agus, Wahyu, and Omar enjoying their dinner fare.

Andy, Pak Agus S., Pak Tri, and Chen sitting down for dinner.

Agus concussed.

Andy, Omar, and Pak Tri at the night meeting.

Chen, Agus, Pak Kris, Wahyu, and Pak Agus S. at the meeting.

Pak Kris, Pak Agus S., and Andy looking over the map of Lambur II.

Omar sleeping with a kerchief over his head due to the light.

Wahyu, Pak Kris, Pak Tri, and Agus hanging out, getting ready to leave.

The team is ascertaining whether Pak Agus S. is all right after he fell off his motorcycle ride.

Pak Tri carrying his gear amidst all the ojek riders.

Pak Agus S. talking to some locals in Koto Kandis.

Andy examining a villager's find at Koto Kandis.

Pak Kris taking notes as Agus is taking a GPS coordinate.

Andy and Wahyu consulting while Pak Kris asks a local regarding the presence of artifacts in the surrounding area.

Omar and Pak Tri tying up bags of artifacts from Koto Kandis.

Pak Tri and Wahyu.

Pak Kris smiling with a few locals.

Agus and Pak Kris hanging out with a lot of locals.

Agus and Wahyu at the back of the angkutan for Jambi.

Chen and Agus bagging and tagging artifacts.

Ricky showing Pak Tri something on his digital camera.

Andi, Pak Ardika, and Pak Harno on the pong pong of team II looking for sites on the right bank of the Batang Hari.

Andi and Pak Setiawan on the pong pong, readying for land.

Sights

Muara Jambi

Structural remnants of Muara Jambi.

The man-made lake at Muara Jambi.

One of the original stupas.

Intricate stonework found at the front of one of the structures.

One of the larger structures at Muara Jambi; this picture shows exactly how large this structure is.

Another structure.

One of the stone statues found at Muara Jambi, at the museum.

Another statue.

A shipment of logs along the Batang Hari river, now a rare sight as the supply of logs has waned.

Team II heading towards Candi Teluk I, which is completely surrounded by a semi-defunct log factory.

The driver waiting for members of team II to re-board the boat near a menapo.

A rainbow seen after a brief bout of rain in the afternoon.

Andi next to the remnants of an old well near Gedung Terbakar.

A nice stretch of sandy beach that reveals no artifacts whatsoever.

One of the Jambi harbors where Team II stopped for a bit of lunch. Surprisingly nasi is available.

The Jamban (river WC), where everyone has earned the Order of the Batang Hari stripes, one way or another.

The riverside view of Koto Kandis.

The skeletal remains of an old ship.

The team heading towards a speedboat with their equipment at Koto Kandis.

The team unloading at Suak Kandis.

Cancellation notice for Riau Airlines' Batam-Jambi trip.

Sifting boxes aka drying apparatus for artifacts at rest at the BP3.

Selamat Menikmati! Nasi Bungkus deluxe, the Sri Solo ayam panggang (Javanese).

A glimpse of the 4-hour vehicle line for gas during the gas shortage.

What it's like riding on the back of the ojek, on a very pebble-y road.

Breakfast at Lambur II.

Survey data consists of lots of detailed note-taking and GPS coordinates.

Riding the back of the angkutan in Jambi, often to dizzyingly bad House.

Jambi market.

A hall at the BP3.

Prof. McKinnon in front of a BP3 room where meetings had occurred.

Cigarette packages.

Brick with a mandala embossed found at Candi Tinggi (taken at BP3 artifact processing room).

Various mercury jar types.

Various vases.

Various kendi.

Various bowls.

An example of a lithic tool (tungku).

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 1.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 2.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 3.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 4.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 5.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 6.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 7.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 8.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 9.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 10.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 11.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 12.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 13.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 14.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 15.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 16.

A selection of artifacts from the survey, part 17.