New gallery for Neolithic site in Penang

(SEAArch) New gallery for Neolithic site in Penang

A new archaeological gallery being developed by Penang authorities at a prehistoric site unearthed in northern Seberang Perai, with showcase a culture that existed about 6,000 years ago. … Researchers had begun fresh excavations at the site, located beside a paddy field, around early 2010. They found evidences of a cultured early human settlement, with giant middens (hills) of sea-shells used as tombs by a coastal tribe or civilisation. The Guar Kepah midden was originally six metres high, but only the bottom layer about a metre high remained when excavations began. The CGAR team managed to unearth numerous objects like pottery and ornaments, as well as human bones and teeth, which will be displayed at the gallery.

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