Tambun Cave
Description
The Tambun rock art is on a prominent rockface on the west face of Gunung Panjang, a large karstic hill, nearly 2 kilometres long, overlooking Ipoh and the Kinta valley. The hill comprises light grey marble belonging to the Devonian limestone of the Kinta Valley. The Tambun rock art site is the largest display of neolithic paintings in Asia. They are estimated to be between 2,000 and 12,000 years old. The paintings were probably made using haematite. At the time of the discovery, the wide shelf at the base of the rock face was littered deep with empty, conical snail shells, all with their tips knocked off. The site is not easily accessible to tourists as the path is overgrown and muddy and there is a steep flight of steps up to the site.
Gallery
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Canine figure
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Deer figure
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Human figure
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Herd of animals
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Path below the paintings
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Entrance leading to the site
References
- ^ Matthews, J (1960). "A note on the rock paintings recently discovered near Ipoh, Perak". Man. 60: 1–3. doi:10.2307/2797896. JSTOR 2797896.
- ^ Goh Hsiao Mei. "Tambun Rock Art". Tambun Rock Art. Centre for Global Archaeological Research, University Sains Malaysia, Penang. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ Khoo, Salma Nasution; Lubis, Abdur-Razzaq (2005). Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia's Modern Development. Areca Books. p. 352. ISBN 9789834211301.
- ^ "Gunung Tambun at GeoNames.org". www.geonames.org. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ^ Mohd Shafeea Leman; Mokhtar Saidin; Islahuda Hani Sahak (2013). "The Occurrence of Pre-historic Kitchen Wastes at Gunung Panjang, Ipoh, Perak and Their Bearings on the Age of the Gua Tambun Pre-historic Rock Paintings". Proceedings of the National Geoscience Conference 2013.
- ^ "Gua Badak: Cave art from the past | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Kumaran, Loghun. "Perak govt plans to shut access to prehistoric Gua Tambun rock paintings | Malay Mail". www.malaymail.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05.