MAKAM-MAKAM KUNO SEBAGAI BUKTI TAMADUN ISLAM DI KABUPATEN MAROS, SULAWESI SELATAN

-This study aims to be able to elaborate comprehensively about the evidence of Islamic civilization in the ethnic region of Makassar, as found in Maros, Makassar, Gowa, and Jeneponto. The problem that can be explained through the pattern of distribution, origin, diversity, period of development, the influence of local culture, and the meanings contained in it. The study was conducted using two methods; archaeological and historical method. As the results of the study indicate that the jirat and tombstone contained in the area consisting of various forms as a sign of plurality with different developmental periods. An early development of the 15th-17th century marked the presence of Islamic culture which had a strong influence on Malay culture. In the 17th - 18th centuries began to emerge a local culture that acculturated with Malay Islamic culture, and in the 18th - 19th centuries showed the strong local culture that played a role in the process of Islamization in the area. The tombs are made magnificent, containing symbolic meaning associated with the belief system, social and cultural influences locally derived from elements of pre Islamic culture