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Archaeology in Peninsular Malaysia: Past, Present and Future

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

Adi Haji Taha
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The Federation of Malaysia was formed in 1963, comprising the Malay Peninsula and the states of Sabah and Sarawak. In Peninsular Malaysia, archaeological activities including the protection of archaeological sites is under the jurisdiction of the Museums Department while the East Malaysian states have their own enactments and programmes covering this aspect of research. For this reason I restrict this paper to the archaeology of Peninsular Malaysia.

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Journal of Southeast Asian Studies , Volume 18 , Issue 2 , September 1987 , pp. 205 - 211
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Copyright © The National University of Singapore 1987

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