  Harimau Cave location in Indonesia | |
| Alternative name | Tiger Cave |
|---|---|
| Location | Sumatra |
| Region | Indonesia |
| Coordinates | 0°35′23″N101°20′35″E / 0.58972°N 101.34306°E /0.58972; 101.34306 |
Harimau Cave or Tiger Cave is a limestone cavern in theIndonesian island ofSumatra where the island's first knownrock art has been discovered. The cave also held 66 skeletons of farmers from 3,000 years ago.
Thearchaeological researcherTruman Simanjuntak inIndonesia has discovered the first known examples of rock art and the remains of 66 people as well as the bones of pigs, dogs and chickens, dated to 3,000 yearsBP, in a cave calledGua Harimau ('Tiger Cave') inSumatra.[1] Tools were manufactured on the same site. The number of skeletons is the largest so far found in a single cave in Indonesia.[1][2]
