Lihat sumber Taman Nasional Niah

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[[Berkas:niah cave.jpg|thumb|upright|Gua-Gua Niah]]
[[Berkas:Gua Niah - Painted Cave archaeological site.jpg|thumb|upright|Sebuah situs arkeologi di Gua Berlukisan (Kain Hitam). Gua Berlukisan adalah sebuah cua kecil namun penting bagi arkeologi yang terletak di selatan kompleks Gua Besar Niah dimana makam-makam kuno dan lukisan-lukisan gua dapat dilihat disini.]]

'''Taman Nasional Niah''', yang terletak di [[Divisi Miri]], [[Sarawak]], [[Malaysia]], adalah tempat dari '''Gua-Gua Niah''', sebuah situs arkeologi dan gua [[batugamping]]. Taman Nasional Niah memiliki luas 31.4&nbsp;km² saat diukur pada 1974.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np-niah.asp |title=Niah National Park from Sarawak Forestry |access-date=2017-01-15 |archive-date=2007-06-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621113420/http://www.sarawakforestry.com/htm/snp-np-niah.asp |dead-url=yes }}</ref> Nominasi untuk status [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/8/11/sarawak/9276945&sec=sarawak Warisan Dunia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019105457/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F8%2F11%2Fsarawak%2F9276945&sec=sarawak |date=2012-10-19 }} Gua-Gua Niah dikirim ke UNSECO pada 2010.

== Sejarah ==
[[Alfred Russel Wallace]] mempelajari gua-gua tersebut saat ia melakukan ekspedisi ke Kalimantan pada 1855. Ia menulis tentang gua-gua tersebut sebagai tempat potensial untuk menemukan fosil-fosil hominin penting dalam sebuah surat kepada [[Charles Darwin]]. Para arkeolog Inggris mengekskavasi tempat tersebut pada 1869-1870, tetapi gagal untuk mendapatkan penemuan penting dan meninggalkan tempat tersebut.

Pada 1950an dan 1960an, [[Barbara Harrisson|Barbara]] dan [[Tom Harrisson]] mengekskavasi tempat tersebut dan mendapatkan penemuan-penemuan penting.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Harrisson | first1 = Tom | year = 1957 | title = The Great Cave of Niah: A Preliminary Report on Bornean Prehistory | url = | journal = Man | volume = 57 | issue = | pages = 161–166 }}</ref> Mereka menemukan ''Tulang Dalam'' pada 1958.<ref name="Reynolds 2015">{{cite book|last1=Reynolds|first1=Tim|display-authors=etal|editor1-last=Kaifu|editor1-first=Yousuke|display-editors=etal|title=Emergence and Diversity of Modern Human Behavior in Paleolithic Asia|date=2015|publisher=[[Texas A&M University Press]]|chapter=Reconstructing Late Pleistocene Climates, Landscapes, and Human Activities in Northern Borneo from Excavations in the Niah Caves}}</ref>

Sejak itu, universitas-universitas lokal dan ilmuwan-limuwan asing melanjutkan penelitian arkeologinya, dan beberapa artikel diterbitkan dalam [[Jurnal Museum Sarawak]]. Tempat tersebut kembali diekskavasi (1999–2003+)<ref name=Leicester>[http://www.le.ac.uk/archaeology/research/projects/niah/index.html The Niah Cave Project] at the University of Leicester.</ref> oleh The Niah Caves Project (NCP), sebuah ekspedisi Inggris-Malaysia, untuk membuktikan keakuratan karya Harrisson.

== Lihat pula ==
* [[Malaysia prasejarah]]

== Referensi ==
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== Bacaan tambahan ==
* [http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/19187/1/AP-v20n1-32-50.pdf Kennedy, Kenneth A. R., "The Deep Skull of Niah: an Assessment of Twenty Years of Speculation Concerning its Evolutionary Significance", ''Asian Perspectives'', XX(I), 1977]

== Pranala luar ==
{{Commons category|Niah Caves}}
* [http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/my/web-page/places/states-of-malaysia/sarawak/niah-national-park?page=/2 Tourism Malaysia - Niah National Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524004205/http://www.tourism.gov.my/en/my/web-page/places/states-of-malaysia/sarawak/niah-national-park?page=%2F2 |date=2014-05-24 }}
* A short [http://www.miriresortcity.com/niah description] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704173135/http://www.miriresortcity.com/niah |date=2008-07-04 }} of the caves as a touristic destination.
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9934196_ITM Summary] of the article "A short history of birds' nests management in the Niah caves (Sarawak)." by Quentin Gausset from the "Borneo Research Bulletin" published in 2002.
* [http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/np/np/niah.htm Another version from the Sarawak Forestry with a map of the caves] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020108185027/http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/np/np/niah.htm |date=2002-01-08 }}
* [http://borneoproject.org/article.php?id=64 Article with a picture of some paintings and death ships.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070901014917/http://borneoproject.org/article.php?id=64 |date=2007-09-01 }}
* [http://www.pbase.com/luurt/image/35780340 Picture] of some cave paintings.

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