Download or read book From Stone Age to Early Civilisation in Malaysia: Empowering Identity of Race (Penerbit USM) written by Mokhtar Saidin and published by Penerbit USM. This book was released on 2011 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book highlights the country's most recent archaeological data, the findings of the Centre for Global Archaeological Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia. The evidence reveals cultural development from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic, to the Metal age therafter to early civilisation with each of its distinctive features. These developments and evolutions are closely associated with technology mastered by the early humans. Thus, they can become lessons and examples for us in carrying on with self progress and national development. As matter of fact, national archaeological data can contribute to the process of empowering national identity.