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<< Text Pages >> Gua Cha - Cave or Rock Shelter in Malaysia

Submitted by bat400 on Saturday, 16 February 2008  Page Views: 13491

Natural PlacesSite Name: Gua Cha Alternative Name: Cha Cave, Cha-Cha Cave
Country: Malaysia Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Kampong Gua Cha  Nearest Village: Gua Musang
Latitude: 5.017000N  Longitude: 101.770000E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
2
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Cave in Ilu Kelantan, Malaysia.
Location of periodic human occupation and activity since 8000 BC. Finds include tools, pottery and human burials.

The discovery of the 300 sq metre Cha Cave was first reported in 1936 by H.D. Noone. Research expeditions on the historical significance of the cave were conducted by G. de G. Sieveking in 1954.

The cave is a frequent stop for adventure tourists rafting the Nenggiri River. Expeditions to the cave can be arranged from the town of Gua Musang.

Location is given for the general area.

Note: Malaysian Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage leaves to secure the return of skeletons currently from University of Cambridge's MacDonald Institute of Archaeology.
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Gua Cha skeleton repatriation by bat400 on Saturday, 16 February 2008
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Malaysian Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim will leave for England next week to secure the return of prehistoric Cha Cave (Gua Cha) human skeletons currently kept at University of Cambridge's MacDonald Institute of Archaeology. The skeletons from the Kelantan cave, dated to about 5,000 years ago, were taken out of Malaysia in the 1950's by the former Taiping Museum director, G. de G. Sieveking, to his house in the United Kingdom. Sieveking (1925-2007) was a prehistoric archaeologist, best known for his work on flint and flint mines. A PhD student at the University of Cambridge, he carried out excavations in Malaysia in the 1950's, notably at Cha Cave.

According to a statement from the ministry's National Heritage Department, the minister would lead a delegation to formalise the repatriation of the skeletons, deemed as important and priceless evidence of ancient population in Malaysia. The department said Cha Cave, situated on the bank of the Nenggiri River in Hulu Kelantan, is an important prehistoric site in Southeast Asia and has revealed about 40 skeletons. "These skeletons are important as research material and reference as they have the potential of providing information on the development of prehistoric population in Malaysia," it added in the statement.

According to records, the discovery of the 300 sq metre Cha Cave was first reported in 1936 by H.D. Noone. Several extensive research on the historical significance of the cave was conducted by Sieveking
in 1954.



For more, see the Berama national news agency.
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