Rashidi, Nur Asikin
(2013)
Pemilihan Jenis Batuan Oleh Masyarakat Prasejarah Di Kawasan Impak Meteorit Bukit Bunuh, Lenggong, Perak Dan Sumbangannya Kepada Teknologi Paleolitik.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Bukit Bunuh is one of the Palaeolithic sites in meteorite impact area, located in
Lenggong Valley which is 10 kilometers away from the city of Lenggong in the Hulu
Perak district. This study was conducted to determine the raw materials and technology
used by Palaeolithic societies in Bukit Bunuh thereby to testify the impact of meteorite
in the area. Impact of a meteorite on Bukit Bunuh has been proved based on the world
meteorite impact criteria listed in the table of The Planetary and Space Science Centre
(PASSC), University of Brunswick, Canada. The table list of the six criteria such (i)
macrostructure shatter cone, (ii) impact microstructure -PDF, (iii) coesite and stishovite
minerals, (iv) impact crater, (v)impact melt, and (vi) suevite and including two more
evidences such as specific gravity and existed of remnant meteorite (metals). Proof of a
meteorite impact in Bukit Bunuh was based on the comparative studies, mapping, field
analysis and scientific studies in the laboratory such as petrographic studies, XRF, XRD,
SEM, stereomicroscope and specific gravity. Comparison of raw materials was carried
on Southeast Asian Palaeolithic sited as well as their relationships with meteorite impact
sites of the world.
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