Indonesia is rich in hardwood timber of many varieties. During ancient times wood was more easily manipulated than stone, and more readily available by it's proximity to the actual building site.
Bricks
mud bricks
Concrete if I'm not mistaken
Ancient people used composites for building their homes, a mix of mud and straw (composite material) would serve as bricks.
Indonesia
In ancient times, the old name of Indonesia was Jambudvipa.
Nusantara. It means "the land between".
the technology they had was weapons like spear head and theybuilt pyramid so they had to have building material.
It told us that they didn't know how to use any other building material than rock.
The ancient Egyptians used a material called papyrus to write on. Papyrus is a type of paper-like material made from the pith of the papyrus plant, which was abundant in the Nile Delta. The plant's stem was sliced into thin strips, then layered and pressed together to create sheets that could be written on.
Before its independence and became republic state, Indonesia was called Nusantara by ancient merchants , which means group of islands. Indonesia formed by islands as like Sumatra island was known as Jambudvipa and Java Island was known as Javadwipa, but in the ancient era, region of nowadays Indonesia was ruled by empire (ie: Majapahit empire). Nusantara was known by nowadays Indonesia inhabitants.
Which ancient african kingdom is known for building a stone monument?