Kalisusu

Kalisusu belonged to the maritime world of northern Buton, with Ereke situated on a headland overlooking Kalisusu Bay. The sheltered position offered a stopping place for shipping facing the eastern and southeastern seasonal winds. Archaeological research places the historical settlement within a broad sequence from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries, under the influence of the larger courts of Muna and Wolio.

Security shaped the local centre. Threats from piracy and powerful neighbours encouraged a fortified settlement in which government and residence were concentrated within walls. The feature called Kalisusu served as a physical and ceremonial focus of the community; local rulers were inaugurated there. Graves and occupation areas have yielded imported porcelain, local pottery and shellfish remains, linking the settlement's political and ritual landscape with exchange and everyday consumption.