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Rock art in Borneo suggests that, deep in a limestone cave in western Sarawak, the Bidayuh (Indigenous Hill tribe) drew images of resistance to frontier violence in the 1600s and 1800s

08.23.23 | PLOS

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Rock art and frontier conflict in Southeast Asia: Insights from direct radiocarbon ages for the large human figures of Gua Sireh, Sarawak
Digital tracings of the two large human figures dated in this study. Credit: Huntley et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Rock art in Borneo suggests that, deep in a limestone cave in western Sarawak, the Bidayuh (Indigenous Hill tribe) drew images of resistance to frontier violence in the 1600s and 1800s

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0288902

Article Title: Rock art and frontier conflict in Southeast Asia: Insights from direct radiocarbon ages for the large human figures of Gua Sireh, Sarawak

Author Countries: Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia

Funding: PT Australian Research Council Grant FL160100123 https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/FL160100123 . JH Australian Research Council Fellowship DE220100202 https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE220100202 . JH and AJ Griffith University's Deputy Vice Chancellor Research Talent Retention Program https://www.griffith.edu.au/office-vice-chancellor/university-executive#lee-smith . The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0288902

Rock art and frontier conflict in Southeast Asia: Insights from direct radiocarbon ages for the large human figures of Gua Sireh, Sarawak

23-Aug-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Additional Media

3D model of Gua Sireh. Credit: Huntley et al., CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Anthropology Asia Caves Human Conflict Image Analysis Social Sciences Tribes Violence

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0288902
Article Publication Date
2023-08-23
Article Title
Rock art and frontier conflict in Southeast Asia: Insights from direct radiocarbon ages for the large human figures of Gua Sireh, Sarawak
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, August 23). Rock art in Borneo suggests that, deep in a limestone cave in western Sarawak, the Bidayuh (Indigenous Hill tribe) drew images of resistance to frontier violence in the 1600s and 1800s. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3R4OPZ8/rock-art-in-borneo-suggests-that-deep-in-a-limestone-cave-in-western-sarawak-the-bidayuh-indigenous-hill-tribe-drew-images-of-resistance-to-frontier-violence-in-the-1600s-and-1800s.html
MLA:
"Rock art in Borneo suggests that, deep in a limestone cave in western Sarawak, the Bidayuh (Indigenous Hill tribe) drew images of resistance to frontier violence in the 1600s and 1800s." Brightsurf News, Aug. 23 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/L3R4OPZ8/rock-art-in-borneo-suggests-that-deep-in-a-limestone-cave-in-western-sarawak-the-bidayuh-indigenous-hill-tribe-drew-images-of-resistance-to-frontier-violence-in-the-1600s-and-1800s.html.