Sangiran Site

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Sangiran is an archaeological site located in Central Java, 15 kilometers north of Surakarta, in Solo River valley, at the foot of Mount Lawu. The area comprises about 48 km². In 1977, Sangiran determined by the Minister of Education and Culture of Indonesia as a cultural heritage, and in 1996 the site was listed in UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Sangiran Early Man Site is one of the key sites for the study of human evolution. A second occurence of 'Java Man' was discovered here (first discovered in 1891 at Trinil by Dutchman Dubois).