Applied Research in Archaeology: A Case Study on Sunan Bayat Tomb Site Area, Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

As one of the sites of the development of Islam in Java and in the archipelago in general, the site of Sunan Bayat's Tomb, located in Paseban, Bayat, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, has been academically researched by several researchers. However, from the few publications found, it is known that the research that has been done is only at the level of basic research. The authors understand that basic research results are limited to academic problems rather than to solving practical problems. Therefore, applied research with a phenomenological approach is applied in the Sunan Bayat Tomb Site Area, which aims to raise and examine various phenomena found there. The phenomena found are data sets that are integrated and transformed so that the results are contributive, practical, and valuable for the community.

Keywords: applied research; community; contributive; phenomenological approach;
Sunan Bayat Tomb Site Area