Conservation and Management Problems of Rock Art Sites in Peninsular Malaysia

terpenting demi untuk memahami cara hidup masyarakat prasejarah dan penorakaan alam sekitar.. Di Malaysia usaha untuk mengkajinya baru dimulai akibat daripada penemuan-penemuan baru lukisan di Batu Gua dan timbul kesedaran bahawa kemungkinan besar lukisan-lukisan itu akan musnah akibat daripada aktivili manusia dan iklim. Di Semenanjung Malysia terdapt empattempat yang terdapatlukisan-lukisan itu iaitu di Gua Tambun, Gua Badak, Gua Batu Luas dan Gua kelawar. Dalam memelihara tinggalan ilu banyak masalah dihadapi dan Jabatan Muzium telah mengambillindakan sewajarnya dalam menghadapi masalah-masalah ilu. Apart from artifacts, rock paintings consitute a significant type of evidence in archaeological studies. Many aspects of past society can be understood by studying rock paintings. These artistic works not only reflect the economic activities of the people who lived then the environment in which they lived, but also their beliefs and the expressions of their aesthetic desires and inner self. More often, these paintings serve as the medium of communication. Unfortunately, the study of rock art in this part of the world has not been give