Truman Simanjuntak

Harry Truman Simanjuntak (born August 1951) is an Indonesian archaeologist and prehistorian.

Education Born 27 August 1951 in Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, he first studied law in Medan and Yogyakarta and received a bachelor's degree in law, but later followed his main interest and earned a bachelor's degree in archaeology in 1979 at Gajah Mada University. His post-graduate studies brought him to the in Paris, where he obtained a master's degree in 1987 and a Ph.D. in 1991.

Career He worked as a researcher at the until 1986. Following his return from Paris, he has worked at the from 1992 until present. In 2007, he founded the Center for Prehistory and Austronesian Studies.

Research Truman Simanjuntak engaged in fieldwork in most parts of Indonesia. He studied archaic human remains from the Paleolithic in Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sumba, and the Maluku Islands. He led excavations of the early modern human inhabitants of Indonesia from the Late Paleolithic to the Neolithic, and also studied Megalithic and early Metal Age sites.