Prehistoric Caves Near Sentani Lake, Papua, New Guinea – Found

MessageToEagle.com – Prehistoric caves used to be inhabited by prehistoric people have been discovered in the vicinity of Lake Sentani, about 30 km west of the capital Jayapura,

It is part of the Cyclops Nature Preserve.

Inhabitants of Papua, New Guinea were definitely not primitive people.
It is an important discovery because it proves that the inhabitants of the caves near Lake Sentani had communications with people living along the eastern coasts of the Pacific Ocean via the Jaifuri River that empties into the Pacific Ocean.

Archaeological artifacts such as pottery, lake mollusc shells, marine mollusc shells and animal bones, found near a water source indicate that the caves were used as human dwellings during the Neolithic age.

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Moreover, Sentani tribes had a rich mythology and their legends say that their ancestors migrated from Vanimo, Papua New Guinea, in the eastern part to Lake Sentani some 2,590 years ago, recently reported Antaranews.
Prehistoric research in this historically interesting Pacific region was first initiated in the 1930s, but rather rarely conducted.

Later, there have been discovered rock painting – hand and foot stencils – in the caves and rock cliffs.

Researchers focused their attention especially on the rock paintings and bronze artifacts around Lake Sentani.

Further excavations revealed decorated pottery and several stone tools, flake tools of limestone, seeds and animal bones from about 3000 BC.

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