intended to pacify the bad weather. Prehistoric sites Besides the stones circles and the rock carvings, several prehistoric sites have been studied in Hong Kong. They include: Ma Wan - Prehistoric remains have been found from the Mid-Neolithic Age (about 3000 BC), the late Neolithic Age (about 2000 BC), the early to late Bronze Age of coastal South China (1500–500 BC). Wong Tei Tung, on the Sai Kung Peninsula Other excavations of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society See also Hong Kong Museum of History References External links Hong Kong Archaeological Society List of Sites of Archaeological Interest in Hong Kong (as at Nov 2012) Geographical Information System on Hong Kong Heritage Preservation of Nine Rock Carvings in Hong Kong. January 10, 2010 Declared Rock Carvings and Rock Inscription in Hong Kong History of Hong Kong Hong Kong