October 20, 2015 906 0

The Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology (ISEAA) gratefully announces a bequest of $150,000 from the estate of Ruth E. Brown, a long-time resident of Philadelphia. Ms. Brown was a volunteer with the Ban Chiang Project at the University of Pennsylvania Museum during the 1990s. She participated in many Project activities, in particular developing our first

July 2, 2015 879 0

Here is a list of the events scheduled for Tuesday, July 7th!   Exploring the Archaeology of Everyday Living in Southeast Asia Room: Amphi B2 Time: 9:30 Chairs: Michelle Eusebio, Amy Jordan, Vito Hernandez, and Chung-Ching Shiung Abstract: This session will explore novel and contemporary approaches to interpreting the archaeological record of Southeast Asia, with

July 2, 2015 742 0

Here is a list of the events scheduled for Thursday, July 9th! Interdisciplinary approaches to the early history of plants and animals in Southeast Asia Room: Location Salle de réunion Pretech Time: 9:30 Chairs: Roger Blench and Cristina Castillo The panel will bring together interdisciplinary approaches to the early history of plants and animals in

June 9, 2015 802 0

Mark your calendars! The 15th International Conference of the European Association for Southeast Asian Archaeologists starts on July 6, 2015-July 10, 2015!The conference will be held at the Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, Paris, France and is being organized by Bérénice Bellina-Pryce. Registration for the conference is still open, click here to register. If you’re planning on attending

April 29, 2015 1613 0

An outstanding characteristic of the early bronze-using period of Thailand is that societies were peaceful. The association between bronze production and warfare assumed by earlier scholars as characteristic of a typical “Bronze Age” is disproved by Ban Chiang archaeological evidence. This is yet another sign of the unusual nature of this site, as well as

April 29, 2015 1781 0

The Ban Chiang excavations yielded rich evidence of burial practices that changed over a two-thousand-year span. Much of the evidence about the ancient society unearthed at Ban Chiang comes from the human burials. The 1974 and 1975 excavations at Ban Chiang recovered 142 individuals from burials, documented in situ with associated grave goods.  While pottery was by far the most common