Abstract
Bukit Tengkorak is a Neolithic period rock shelter complex and prehistoric pottery production site in southeastern Sabah in Borneo, Malaysia. The main archaeological materials excavated revealed large deposits of clays that were brought to the shelter to be used as raw material for making pottery. Five thousand pottery sherds formed the main portion of the finds followed with 1500 stone artifacts. The large quantities of molluscs comprised mainly marine varieties while fish and animal bones added to a total of about 150 kg. The ecological, geomorphological and archaeological evidence suggested that the site was used in prehistoric times as a Neolithic pottery making site and stone tool producing site by marine-adapted people.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 269-277 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Materials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings |
| Volume | 462 |
| State | Published - 1997 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1996 MRS Fall Symposium - Boston, MA, USA Duration: Dec 2 1996 → Dec 5 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering