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Sungai Mas Archaeological Site is an archaeological site in the county (mukim) of Kota, in Kuala Muda District, Kedah. It covers an area of 102.59 hectares (253.5 acres) near Sungai Mas, a tributary of the Muda River, within the Bujang Valley. Other rivers in the area includes the Terus River and the Merbok River.
Archaeological excavations were carried out at Sungai Mas from November 1992 until May 2001. This was carried out by the archaeological departments of various local universities including UKM Bangi, UM Kuala Lumpur, UTM Skudai, UPM Serdang, in cooperation with the Bujang Valley Archaeological Museum, Johor Heritage Foundation and foreign universities including Udayana University of Bali, Gadjah Mada University of Yogyakarta, Kan Sai University of Okoyama, Japan, the National University of Singapore, and the University of York in the United Kingdom.
The excavation yielded close to two hundred thousand pieces of artifacts (191,506 recorded pieces) including ceramics, tiles, bricks, stones, metal, beads, pots, kitchenware and other objects. Some of the ceramics have been dated to Tang Dynasty (AD 618-906) and Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279), pointing to the existence of trade links with ancient China. There are also blue-and-green ceramics that have been identified as of West Asian origin, dating to between AD 800 and 1000.
The Sungai Mas Archaeological Site provides evidence of human habitation in the Bujang Valley Area going back over a thousand years. The findings predate the establishment of Kota Kuala Muda and subsequent settlements of the Kingdom of Kedah.
Sungai Mas Archaeological Site (11 March 2008)
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The excavation site of Sungai Mas (11 March 2008)
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Excavated stones at Sungai Mas Archaeological Site (11 March 2008)
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Half buried artifact at Sungai Mas Archaeological Site (11 March 2008)
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