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At present, a great deal of the scholarly research on Indonesia focuses on the processes of Islamisation. This paper will discuss a phenomenon that seems to point in a different direction, namely the contemporary reconfiguration of dukun /spiritual experts called paranormal. These mystics indicate a peculiar form of pluralism. They are an assemblage of tradition and modernity, locality and translocality, religion and mysticism, spirituality and business, and global esotericism and popular psychology. Most of them belong to the urban middle class, are highly professional, and make extensive use of modern mass media to advertise their supernatural skills. Yet, how do they position themselves in Indonesian and global cultural contexts? This paper identifies the ongoing ambivalence between cosmopolitan ideas and their rupture in polarising, orientalist, and occidentalist imaginaries. Finally, a new understanding of cosmopolitanism is suggested that expands the reference beyond the world of humans by also including a plurality of supernatural powers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The climatic shifts during the Pleistocene–Holocene transition in Island Southeast Asia resulted in dramatic changes in landscape configurations which are presumed to have had greatly impacted vertebrate community composition and in turn human subsistence economies. Zooarcheological investigations in the region have provided information on how ancient foraging communities responded to these changes. However the complete picture remains to be elucidated. In this paper we present preliminary results of an ongoing analysis of faunal remains recovered from Braholo Cave in Eastern Java. We observed an overwhelming predominance of arboreal and semi-arboreal fauna, most notably the Javan langur, in the Late Pleistocene and Early-Mid Holocene deposits of the cave. In contrast earlier cave deposits were dominated by animal taxa generally associated with open environments such as bovids and cervids. This reflects forest expansion at the onset of the Holocene, albeit it also suggests deliberate targeting of specific taxa. The wide range of terrestrial, arboreal and aquatic species from various ecological niches suggests that the humans that inhabited the site subsisted on a mosaic of environments. It also hints on their intimate knowledge of these environments and the presence of different hunting technologies. Zooarchaeological parameters such as mortality profiles and body part representation allowed us to describe certain aspects of these hunting technologies. Our results provide unique insights on subsistence strategies of prehistoric foraging communities and the environment they encountered in Java during a key period in human history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

• LS epithermal gold deposits in Java show typical characteristics of quartz veins/ vein zones with crustiform-colloform textures, relatively high Au (Ag/Au <15.8), less sulfides, less base metals and low salinity fluids. • Six deposits (Cibaliung, Kerta, Pongkor, Cisoka, Cikidang and Gunung Peti) are emplaced in Bogor Trough/ Basin in western Java, that is a back arc basin/rift. • Basaltic rocks associated with rhyolite-rhyodacite firmly suggest the bimodal volcanism, commonly occurred in the back arc rifting environment which is favorable for the deposition of LS epithermal system. Java island, a part of the eastern Sunda magmatic arc, is becoming an emerging part of the region for gold and copper endowment. A total of 15.4% of 1044 tons of Java gold endowment is originated from Low Sulfidation (LS) epithermal deposit type. As a matter of fact, the mineralization type that has given a significant credit to the gold endowment of Java is intriguing to be geologically evaluated. This paper is aimed to document some data-information and summarizing the characteristics of selected 10 LS epithermal gold deposits in Java including Cibaliung, Kerta, Cisoka, Cikidang, Pongkor, Gunung Peti, Cihar, Cijaringao, Petungkriyono and Dalang Turu, as well as discussing their relationship with the volcano-tectonic setting. The formation of 10 LS epithermal deposits took place in the time span between Early Miocene and Pleistocene, which is coincident with the Mio-Pliocene magmatic arc activities, and even probably continue on to Pleistocene. All deposits show typical LS epithermal characteristics, i.e. quartz veins with crustiform-colloform textures, relatively high Au (Ag/Au ratio <15.8), less sulfides and base metals, low salinity fluids (commonly <1 wt% NaCl eq.), some deposits containing Mn-oxides and pseudomorph bladed carbonates. Metal signature is mostly Au and Ag, but some prospects contain elevated As and Sb. The Cibaliung veins seem to have genetic linkage with the dioritic intrusion and diatreme (phreatomagmatic) breccias, as well as with rhyolitic domes. In Kerta the veins exhibit close relationship with the rhyolitic/rhyodacitic plugs. The Pongkor and Cisoka veins are genetically related to rhyodacite dome/plugs within caldera setting, which is controlled by extensional structures. Cikidang and Gunung Peti may be related with the andesitic sub-volcanic plugs. Cihar and Cijaringao might be related to andesite dykes. Petungkriyono is linked with andesite and dacite plugs as well as diatreme breccia, formed in an extensional basin with few calderas developed. The Dalang Turu has been considered having a close linkage with andesite (plug) at extensional structures. In relation to the volcano-tectonic setting, six deposits (Cibaliung, Kerta, Pongkor, Cisoka, Cikidang and Gunung Peti) are obviously emplaced in Bogor Trough, a back arc rift/basin related to the Mio-Pliocene arc. The presence of rhyolitic to dacitic magmatism that could be related with caldera systems (e.g. in Kerta, Pongkor, Cisoka), and the common association with subvolcanic plugs (e.g. Kerta) are evidences of their linkage to the back arc rift/basin setting. The basaltic rocks in close proximity with the rhyolite-rhyodacite, as identified in Cibaliung and Kerta suggest the bimodal volcanism, which is commonly occurred in the back arc rifting environment. Exploration for LS epithermal prospects, therefore, should be targeted along the back arc rifting/basins (e.g. Bogor Trough) preferably over the areas with bimodal magmatism. The Bogor Trough is reported extending to East Java as Kendeng Trough/Basin, which is also reasonably targeted for exploration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]