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Atas andaian ini, penghasilan tembikar telah dijadikan kriteria

“Of their handicraft we have already described the stone penting dalam menentukan perubahan corak hidup masyarakat
tools and the pottery. They must also have been skilful prasejarah dan dijadikan petanda bahawa masyarakat tersebut
carpenters, though it is most unlikely that any sample of telah memasuki kebudayaan Neolitik yang dipercayai bermulanya
their work in wood will ever be found preserved in Malaya, aktiviti pertanian.
which is a land of rapid decay and ubiquitous termites. The
nature and variety of the tool, especially the preponderance
of adzes and chisels, make it practically certain that they are
those of workers in wood”… (Tweedie; 1940, 196).

Tapak pembuatan tembikar zaman Neolitik
di Bukit Tengkorak, Semporna Sabah.

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