The Mid-Second Millennium A.D. Submerged Iron Production Village of Pontada in Lake Matano, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Indonesia has significant potential for the archaeological study, currently under development, of submerged landscapes in marine, river, and lake environments (Adhityatama and Yarista 2019). This article focuses on the site of Pontada, suspected of being a submerged ironworking village, which was discovered in 2016. In this article, we describe Pontada iron implements dating to the mid-second millennium A.D., placing them within the context of local smelting of Lake Matano iron ore by the late first millennium A.D. and the mid-second millennium A.D. rise of Luwu as a powerful political entity.