Skeletal wonders at Guar Kepah
- 7 years ago
THE Guar Kepah Archaeological Site has yielded many discoveries of #skeletons and #pottery fragments from settlements in the Malay peninsula from thousands of years ago.
The site was first excavated in the 19th century by #British #archaeologists with skeletons from previous excavations between 1860 until 1934 are now at National Natuurhistorisch Museum in Leiden, The Netherlands while some #artifacts are at the Heritage Conservation Centre in #Singapore.
Two months ago, a backhoe used in the construction of the Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery dug a layer of soil and struck something. It was the morning April 17, and the construction was being monitored by a group of archaeologists from Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Global Archaeology Research Center (PPAG) led by Professor Mokhtar Saidin.
After two hours of work, the backhoe had touched a bone, which is part of a skeleton, which has now been carbon dated and is 5,710 years old. The skeleton found at a small village in Guar Kepah might give clearer insight of prehistoric times, archaeologists say.
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The site was first excavated in the 19th century by #British #archaeologists with skeletons from previous excavations between 1860 until 1934 are now at National Natuurhistorisch Museum in Leiden, The Netherlands while some #artifacts are at the Heritage Conservation Centre in #Singapore.
Two months ago, a backhoe used in the construction of the Guar Kepah Archaeological Gallery dug a layer of soil and struck something. It was the morning April 17, and the construction was being monitored by a group of archaeologists from Universiti Sains Malaysia’s Global Archaeology Research Center (PPAG) led by Professor Mokhtar Saidin.
After two hours of work, the backhoe had touched a bone, which is part of a skeleton, which has now been carbon dated and is 5,710 years old. The skeleton found at a small village in Guar Kepah might give clearer insight of prehistoric times, archaeologists say.
More at http://bit.ly/2q5vwyh.
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