2020 ISEAA Early Career Award April 16, 2019 11 0 Photo: Hermine Xhauflair receives ISEAA’s Early Career Award in 2018 Announcement: The Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology announces the third round of the biennial award of $1000 for early career Southeast Asian archaeologists. Committee Charge: The committee solicits nominations and selects recipients for the Early Career Award in Southeast Asian Archaeology. The committee selects a
Southeast Asia at the Society for American Archaeology’s 84th annual meeting April 9, 2019 20 0 The Society for American Archaeology is holding its 84th annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico from April 10-14, 2019. On April 11, SAA will host a symposium called Paradigms Shift: New Interpretations in Mainland Southeast Asian Archaeology. The chairs are Vincent Pigott and Chin-hsin Liu and the discussant is Ben Marwick. Session abstract: Over the
Rice carbonization paper published! April 9, 2019 20 0 Photo: Joyce White and Lung Li look over plant specimens in Thailand in 1981. On February 26, 2019, Chantel White, Fabian Toro, and Joyce White have published online “Rice carbonization and the archaeobotanical record: experimental results from the Ban Chiang ethnobotanical collection, Thailand” in Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. Through a set of carefully controlled carbonization
Our survey equipment April 3, 2019 16 0 In November and December 2018, ISEAA and Lao colleagues headed to the area of Thakhek, Laos to conduct a survey in an area that had never been recorded by archaeologists before. The team set to do two things: produce a digital map of the historic temple complex at Vat Sikhottabong on the Mekong river, and
Monograph 2B published! February 18, 2019 12 0 Volume 2B of the Ban Chiang metals monograph has been published! It is called Metals and Related Evidence from Ban Chiang, Ban Tong, Ban Phak Top, and Don Klang. This volume presents in detail how the metals and such remains as crucibles excavated from four sites in northeast Thailand have been studied to understand the
Golden Buddha uncovered! December 12, 2018 14 0 The technical team wanted to model a location within easy walking distance from Vat Sikhottabong so that visitors could get a better sense of the evidence of the old city. Hiring local residents to assist, the project cleared vegetation off of brick features in an area south of the main temple. One notable find was
Drone practice at Vat Sikhottabong December 8, 2018 14 0 ISEAA and Lao colleagues – Joyce White, Jared Koller, Peter Cobb, Bounheuang Bouasisengpaseuth, and Arnon Pong (Souksamone) – did drone practice and trial flights at Vat Sikhottabong. The next phase is drone mapping for the historic town in the forest around Vat Sikhottabong. The survey team used drones and Emlid Reach RS+ GNSS (Global Navigation
Survey in Thakhek November 30, 2018 14 0 ISEAA undertook a survey near the old city of Thakhek, Laos for an Asian Development Bank-funded project. In this phase, Joyce White collected local knowledge of ancient features. She used a smartphone with an app configured to link photographs to GPS coordinates. See the Facebook page for more:
Drones arrive at ISEAA office for Thakhek survey October 23, 2018 10 0 Christmas came today in the Ban Chiang Lab at the Penn Museum! Joyce White and Elizabeth Hamilton opened the box that arrived with 2 drones they used with Peter Cobb, Jared Koller and Lao colleagues in a survey at Thakhek, Laos, in December.
Monograph 2A published! October 9, 2018 13 0 Volume 2A of the Ban Chiang metals monograph has been published! It is called Background to the Study of the Metal Remains. This is the first volume of four. Here, Drs. Joyce White and Elizabeth Hamilton discuss different viewpoints used to assess the materials at Ban Chiang and other Northeast Thai sites as well as
Multiple News Outlets Describe the Ban Chiang Seminar to commemorate 185 years of Thai-US diplomatic relations October 2, 2018 169 0 On the occasion of the 185th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Thailand and the United States, the Department of American and South Pacific Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, the Ban Chiang National Museum of the Department of Fine Arts, and the Department of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, in collaboration with the Institute
2nd ISEAA Early Career Award Winner Announced! September 26, 2018 4 0 Photo: Joyce White and Ben Marwick present award certificate to Hermine Xhauflair Congratulations to Hermine Xhauflair, recipient of the 2nd ISEAA Early Career Award in Southeast Asian Archaeology! Hermine received a certificate of recognition at the 21st Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association meetings at Hue, Vietnam. Her award is based on her submission as
