Posted on 03/05/2009 7:57:51 PM PST by SunkenCiv
A group of archaeologists has unearthed two prehistoric buildings from the third century AD in the Bujang Valley recently... found a building and a smelting factory, following an excavation project in Sungai Batu, Semeling... "This latest finding at Sungai Batu I were of bricks believed to be from a house or office, and another at Sungai Batu II which functioned as a smelting factory," he said... Dr Mokhtar said coal samples found at the foundry were sent for Radiocarbon Dating tests at the Beta Analytic Inc, Florida, US, which confirmed that it dated back to the third or fourth century AD... Captain James Low identified the Bujang Valley civilisation after discovering more than 20 temples in Kampung Bujang in 1840. Research and excavation activities carried out found that the Bujang Valley was a main port in South-East Asia from the fifth century AD to 13 century AD.
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300AD is prehistoric?
in Malaysia. :’) Other sites in that time period in SE Asia popped up overnight as it were due to a trade explosion (India, China, even indirectly the Romans and Greeks), but the accounts allowing the identification of sites has (so far) come from outside.
that’s interesting, but the Malays should learn what the word prehistoric means.
(Why are you up so late? :she asks:)
Sad isn't it?
I guess you could say that 1600 AD was prehistoric for many Pacific Island cultures... Especially after some of the more zealous missionaries disallowed the transmission and recording of oral tradition because of their pagan roots and influence.
And then there some tribes in the Amazon for whom prehistory is probably counted in generations... ;-)
The Euphrates Valley was known "historically" as Babylon and had a very lengthy history. However, anything before the founding of Babylon was considered "pre-historic" until the cuniform wedge tablets were dug up, and then Sumer and the foundations of civilization were brought to light, and Babylon's pre-historic past became quite historic.
There are Indian families who have a nearly as lengthy history, and yet others who were already there when these buildings were new (but, alas, they left no "history").
The straits in this area were very important in the development of waterborne worldtrade and tied Chinese civilization to Indian civilization, and later to European civilization.
I know, I used the term as a quick way of describing the source. Does prehistoric have a different meaning in Asia than in the West?
It means “before history”, so any illiterate society is prehistoric. :’)
Why, oh, why am I up so early today? ;’) I have the day off, the Sun is shining, it’s probably in the 50s, maybe low 60s, and I should not be parked on a chair in front of the computer like this. :’)
Hey, it’s a jungle in here.
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