Here is a list of the events scheduled for Friday, July 10th! On the prehistoric cultural relations of Southeast Asia with Northeast India...
Read moreThe 15th International Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Archaeologists starts on July 6
Mark your calendars! The 15th International Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Archaeologists starts on July 6, 2015-July...
Read moreNew special issue in the Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology is out!
New special issue in the Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology is out! Check out the table of contents and abstracts here. Volume 37: Food and...
Read moreMetals: Discovery of a peaceful bronze age
An outstanding characteristic of the early bronze-using period of Thailand is that societies were peaceful. The association between bronze...
Read moreOther Artifacts: Some with mysterious uses
Finds of small artifacts can shed light on activities, interests, and materials used in daily life. The Ban Chiang excavations produced many...
Read moreBurials: Rituals that changed over time
The Ban Chiang excavations yielded rich evidence of burial practices that changed over a two-thousand-year span. Much of the evidence about the...
Read moreCeramics: An artistic and technological tradition
The excavations at Ban Chiang uncovered a previously unknown and aesthetically distinctive ceramic tradition. Ceramic production in Ban Chiang...
Read moreCrucibles: Evidence of sophisticated metallurgy
One find that excited the excavators at Ban Chiang were the small clay crucibles with spouts. It was soon clear that these ordinary-looking...
Read moreBan Chiang Chronology
Dating the Ban Chiang cultural tradition has been the subject of controversy and scholarly debate for more than forty years. The excavations in...
Read moreResidential Burials
Although Ban Chiang and similar sites in Thailand have been called “cemeteries” for many years, this interpretation has recently been revised. We...
Read moreDetailed Skeletal Analysis
Detailed analysis of Ban Chiang skeletal remains has given us a treasure-trove of information about prehistoric life in the region around Ban...
Read moreA Distinctive Bronze Age for the Ban Chiang Cultural Tradition
The Ban Chiang excavations revealed a society with distinct differences from the “Bronze Age” society most archaeologists expected. Production in...
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