These Malaysian Cave Drawings Reflect Colonial-Era Conflicts | Smart News
A new study reveals that some of the charcoal drawings date to between 1670 and 1830
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A new study reveals that some of the charcoal drawings date to between 1670 and 1830
Archaeologists have used carbon dating to confirm the identity of the drawings in the cave of Gua Sireh, Sarawak, Malaysia.
Work to date Malaysian rock art found in a Borneo cave has brought to life a traumatic period of violence and Bidayuh resistance in fairly recent history.
The newly dated drawings correspond with a dark chapter for the Bidayuh peoples from Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo.
The drawings in Gua Sireh go back thousands of years, but these depictions show a more recent tale.