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Autor:
Louise Shewan, Dougald O'Reilly, Richard Armstrong, Phillip Toms, John Webb, Nancy Beavan, Thonglith Luangkhoth, Jamie Wood, Siân Halcrow, Kate Domett, Julie Van Den Bergh, Nigel Chang
Publikováno v:
PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 3, p e0247167 (2021)
The megalithic jar sites of Laos (often referred to as the Plain of Jars) remain one of Southeast Asia's most mysterious and least understood archaeological cultures. The sites, recently inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage, host hollowed stone jars, u
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https://doaj.org/article/80973390bd4a49f7b8d7f5c35d021767
Autor:
Dougald O’Reilly, Louise Shewan, Thonglith Luangkoth, Kate Domett, Siân Halcrow, Mailo Khamphouvong, Amphai Butphachit, Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy, Natasha Heap
Publikováno v:
Asian Archaeology.
In 2020 a Lao/Australian archaeological research team revisited one of the largest megalithic jar sites in Laos, Site 1, and undertook excavations in an effort to more fully understand the ritual practice at the site. This paper reviews previous rese
Publikováno v:
Antiquity. 94:1575-1591
The use of coffins and jars as funerary receptacles was common across Southeast Asia. During the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries AD, cremation was the dominant mortuary tradition on the Angkorian plains, but in the Cardamom Mountains to the south,
Autor:
Louise Shewan, Siân E. Halcrow, Kate Domett, Hallie R. Buckley, Stacey M. Ward, Andrew R. Gray, Charles Higham, Dougald O'Reilly
Publikováno v:
Bioarchaeology International. 3:283-304
The rise of social inequality is a key development in human history and is linked to deteriorating health. These associated health impacts are poorly understood for Iron Age (420 B.C.–A.D. 500) northeast Thailand. To clarify this issue we investiga
Autor:
Louise Shewan, Nicholas Skopal, Souliya Bounxaythip, Thonglith Luangkhoth, Julie Van Den Bergh, Dougald O'Reilly
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Asian Archaeology. 3:9-19
Xieng Khouang and neighboring provinces in Central Laos are home to a vast megalithic landscape featuring large stone jars, discs, and imported boulders located in elevated positions. Sites were first noted in the late nineteenth century, with system
Publikováno v:
Archaeometry. 62:810-826
Strontium (Sr) isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) measured in human skeletal material can increase one's understanding of the residential behaviour and resource-acquisition strategies of past populations. The paper maps bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr variation in 18
Publikováno v:
Asian Perspectives. 59:33-60
Prei Khmeng, a village 13 km northwest of Siem Reap, Cambodia, is noted for the presence of one of the region's earliest monuments, Prasat Prei Khmeng. Aside from its ruined temple, Prei Khmeng is an important prehistoric occupation site that immedia
Publikováno v:
Antiquity. 93:970-989
The date and significance of the megalithic jar sites of central Laos are comparatively poorly understood features of the Southeast Asian archaeological landscape. First explored systematically in the 1930s, only limited research on these sites has b
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Asian Archaeology. 3:21-33
Ban Phakeo is a village in central Laos near which 415 megalithic jars and other associated lithic objects were discovered. There are over 80 such sites known in central Laos and this site was assigned the number 52 in the Lao National Inventory. Sit
Autor:
Kathryn M Domett, Rachanie Thosarat, Nigel Chang, Charles Higham, B.F.J. Manly, Louise Shewan, Stacey M. Ward, Siân E. Halcrow, Hallie R. Buckley, Dougald O'Reilly
Publikováno v:
Cambridge Archaeological Journal. 29:549-569
The Iron Age of Mainland Southeast Asia began in the fifth centurybcand lasted for about a millennium. In coastal regions, the development of trade along the Maritime Silk Road led to the growth of port cities. In the interior, a fall in monsoon rain