The Study of Bankao Culture Regarding Ways of life and Wisdom From Prehistoric Rock Paintings at Khao Wang Kula, Chong Sadao Subdistrict, Mueang District, Kanchanaburi Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the ways of life of prehistoric humans from rock paintings at Khao Wang Kula, Chong Sadao subdistrict, Mueang district, Kanchanaburi province; 2) to study the consistency between wisdom and the utilization of wild animals and natural resources used in agriculture that appeared in rock paintings at the Khao Wang Kula rock painting site, Chong Sadao subdistrict, Mueang district, Kanchanaburi province; and 3) to study the rock painting styles that appeared in the Khao Wang Kula rock painting site. Research tools included 1) written historical evidence by collecting data from documents, books, textbooks, and research studies that were related to this research and 2) unwritten historical evidence by collecting data from rock paintings at the Khao Wang Kula rock painting site, Chong Sadao subdistrict, Mueang district, Kanchanaburi province. The results showed that 1) the ways of life of prehistoric humans that were seen in the rock paintings at the Khao Wang Kula rock painting site were the hunter-gatherer society and the agricultural society; 2) wisdom regarding the management of natural resources that appeared in rock paintings at the Khao Wang Kula rock painting site included wisdom concerning metal hunting tools, food processing, and animal labor, and 3) there were two types of rock painting styles appearing at the Khao Wang Kula rock painting site: silhouette filling and outline painting.