The NCP Excavations in Lobang Hangus, Lobang Tulang, Gan Kira and Kain Hitam

Abstract

The main fieldwork of the NCP concentrated on the West Mouth, but we also carried out small-scale archaeological investigations in three other entrances of the Great Cave complex in the Bukit Bekejang massif where the Harrissons had worked: Lobang Hangus (or Lobang Angus as they referred to it in the earlier publications), Lobang Tulang, and Gan Kira, and in the north-facing entrance to Kain Hitam, the so-called ‘Painted Cave’ located a few hundred metres northeast of Gan Kira (Fig. 1.1). An account of the work undertaken at these sites by the earlier archaeological projects was provided in Volume One (in Chapter 2 especially), so where relevant only an overview of this is included in the following discussion of the work undertaken by the NCP, unless the discussion of the Harrisson findings provides a critical context for the interpretations of our own findings.