Wong Tei Tung () was believed to be an
Upper Paleolithic
The Upper Paleolithic (or Upper Palaeolithic) is the third and last subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age. Very broadly, it dates to between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago (the beginning of the Holocene), according to some theories coin ...
settlement in
Hong Kong
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, but it is now dated 7700 to 2200 years old.
Report on the Date of the Wong Tei Tung Archaeological Assemblage, Tracey L-D Lu, Dept. of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30 April 2007
/ref> It is located near Sham Chung, near to the Three Fathoms Cove on the Sai Kung Peninsula
The Sai Kung Peninsula () is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administrated by Sai ...
.
The findings were discovered by the Hong Kong Archaeological Society
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.
See also
* Prehistoric Hong Kong
Prehistoric Hong Kong is the period between the arrival of the first humans in Hong Kong and the start of recorded Chinese history during the Han dynasty. The history of the southern region (which may possibly include Hong Kong) is reckoned to ...
References
Areas of Hong Kong
Tai Po District
Archaeological sites in Hong Kong
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