Bukit Jawa Lenggong Perak
5 10667 100 96469 is a small town in hulu perak malaysia it is located about 100km north of ipoh on the kuala kangsar grik aka gerik road a highway completed in 2006 to link kuala kangsar and grik located beside the perak river it is the site of peninsular malaysia s most important.
Bukit jawa lenggong perak. The area also includes a meteorite landing site at bukit bunuh and bukit jawa s workshop site where you can see tools dating back to 200 000 100 000 b p. The archaeological sites in lenggong includes bukit jawa kota tampan gua gunung runtuh and gua harimau. Thailand s yala and narathiwat provinces both lie to the northeast. Lenggong is located on route 76 which links kuala kangsar with baling.
Stone signage enroute to the archaeological museum in lenggong perak 6 september 2015 lenggong gps. Bukit bunuh is in the lenggong valley perak malaysia. The excavation site at bukit bunuh was dug about 2000 and revealed stone artefacts and the litho workshop was dated at 40 000 years. Prior to these finds the oldest site in the lenggong valley was said to be at bukit jawa up to 200 000 years old.
Royal belum pulau banding tasik temenggor gerik penemuan artifak berusia puluhan ribu tahun di tapak prasejarah kota tampan bukit bunuh bukit jawa dan perak man di gua gunung runtuh. From there take route 76 in the direction of baling. Is a state of malaysia on the west coast of the malay peninsula perak has land borders with the malaysian states of kedah to the north penang to the northwest kelantan and pahang to the east and selangor to the south. Bukit jawa bukit jawa site is located in kampung gelok about 7km north of lenggong town.
The excavation at bukit jawa yielded over 150 000 pieces of stone artifacts from 24 excavation trenches there. Find information on tourist attractions in lenggong as well as 40 tourist attractions in perak 995 tourist attractions in malaysia 32305 tourist a. Although bukit jawa was discovered in the early 1990s due to priorities to other projects it was not excavated until july of 1996. Important archaeological sites include kota tampan bukit jawa at kampung gelok and kampung temelong.
View of sediments at bukit jawa lenggong valley image by kit yeng chan. To reach it from the north south expressway e1 exit the highway at the kuala kangsar interchange exit 143. The lenggong valley in upper perak is an important archaeological site where evidences of human settlement from the palaeolithic age were found.