Gua Cha

A large limestone rock shelter in central Malaysia, occupied from c 10,000/8000 BC and 1000 AD. The lowest level is Hoabinhian, spanning 8000-1000 BC with burials. Neolithic burials with southern Thai / Ban Kao pottery affinities span c 1000 BC-1000 AD. Stone tools span the transition. A similar sequence is found at Kota Tongkat and Gua Cha's Neolithic sequence relates to the ancestry of the present orang asli (Austro-Asiatic-speaking aborigines) of central Malaya.

A large limestone shelter in Kelantan Province, central Malaya, excavated in 1954 and 1979. The basal level is Hoabin-hian, spanning the period 8000-1000 be, with burials; the upper level (cl000 be to ad 1000) contains richly provided Neolithic burials with southern Thai (Ban Kao) pottery affinites. The sequence relates to the ancestry of the present orang asli (Austro-Asiatic-speaking aborigines) of central Malaya.