Recent research on the neolithic in peninsular Malaysia

Abstract

Archaeological Data from the excavated However, since only small sites remain largely in Peninsular evidence for the Neolithic [1] At least over 130 sites have been reported. Malaysia is far from scanty. These include a handful of archaeologically excavated sites, and numerous locations where chance finds of cord-marked pottery and/or ground stone artifacts have been reported [2]. Chance finds are of little archaeological value apart from the information they provide on the material culture, particularly the types of ground stone artifacts and earthenware pottery of extent, the geographical the prehistoric groups involved, and to some distribution of these artifacts in the peninsula. sites are, undoubtedly of far greater value. scale excavations were conducted at these sites some of the interpretations arrived at based on the data retrieved from these tentative. For the earlier (pre-war) excavations, the value of the data yielded would also have to depend on how systematically these sites excavated [3]. The types of data obtained from these sites would also and the range depend on the types of retrieval methods known at that time, For instance, the collection of soil