Monograph 2B published! February 18, 2019 558 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
Joyce White Featured in Penn’s 34th Street Magazine February 5, 2019 451 0 34th Street magazine interviewed Joyce White for their February 2019 cover story. The article featured her role as an expert witness for Operation Antiquity, one of the biggest recent smuggling cases in the United States. Read it here.
Golden Buddha uncovered! December 12, 2018 621 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 586 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 572 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 522 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 will use with Peter Cobb, Jared Koller and Lao colleagues in a survey at Thakhek, Laos, in December.
Monograph 2A published! October 9, 2018 567 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 739 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 558 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
Joyce White gives talk in Bangkok September 18, 2018 532 0 Today Joyce White gave a talk at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand about the Ban Chiang ethnobotanical collection from 1978-1981.
UPCOMING TALK on Thursday, August 30 – Stalking Rice Genomes August 27, 2018 653 0 Stalking Rice Genomes Adventures in Tracing the Many Histories of Rice Domestication and Cultivation since 10,000 BCE Thursday, August 30, 2018 Dorian Fuller, Professor of Archaeobotany Institute of Archaeology, University College London Cristina Castillo, NERC Research Associate Institute of Archaeology, University College London Room 345, Penn Museum 5:00-6:00pm In depth study of the genetic and
Scientist Podcast Interview with Joyce White August 22, 2018 595 0 Listen to Joyce White’s August 20, 2018 interview for Scientist Podcast Joyce White was recently interviewed by Toshiki Nakashige for Scientist Podcast. White and Nakashige engage in a fascinating discussion about the early days of the Ban Chiang Project and Middle Mekong Archaeological Project, the potential for archaeology to address popular misconceptions in Southeast Asian prehistory and beyond, and outlines some of the
