The recent rock drawings of the Lenggong Valley, Perak, Malaysia
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Author(s)
Saidin, Mokhtar
Tacon, Paul SC
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2011
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The authors present and interpret rock drawings found in caves in the Lenggong Valley, Perak, Malaysia. The drawings, which begin by depicting ritually important patterned mats, and continue with images of cars, bicycles and figures with their hands on their hips, provide rare and precious insights into how the indigenous people of the area came to terms with changes that occurred as the result of the arrival of Europeans in the late 1800s and early 1900s.The authors present and interpret rock drawings found in caves in the Lenggong Valley, Perak, Malaysia. The drawings, which begin by depicting ritually important patterned mats, and continue with images of cars, bicycles and figures with their hands on their hips, provide rare and precious insights into how the indigenous people of the area came to terms with changes that occurred as the result of the arrival of Europeans in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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Journal Title
Antiquity
Volume
85
Issue
328
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© 2011 Antiquity Publications. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
Subject
Linguistics
Archaeology
Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas
Asian history