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The rock art site at Gua Tambun in Perak, Malaysia was first reported in 1959 and was noted for its spectacular collection of rock art with depictions of anthromorphs, animal figures and abstract shapes. Little scholarly attention was paid to it, however, and much of the interpretations produced thus far on the rock art have been speculative or unverified. The site was revisited by the authors in January 2009 in order to examine, record, and study the rock art in detail. During the course of the fieldwork, individual rock art elements were identified and recorded, including a number of new rock art which are presented in this paper for the first time. The total count now stands at slightly over 500 distinct rock art elements, spread out in 10 distinct panels, making Gua Tambun one of the largest if not the largest rock art site in Malaysia.
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