Excavating among the megaliths: recent research at the ‘Plain of Jars’ site 1 in Laos
| Autor: | Siân E. Halcrow, Dougald O'Reilly, Louise Shewan, Kathryn M Domett, Thonglith Luangkhoth |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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010506 paleontology Archeology 060102 archaeology General Arts and Humanities Excavation 06 humanities and the arts computer.file_format Southeast asian 01 natural sciences Archaeology Southeast asia Megalith Geography JAR 0601 history and archaeology computer 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Antiquity. 93:970-989 |
| ISSN: | 1745-1744 0003-598X |
| Popis: | 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 been undertaken since. This article presents the recent excavations at Ban Ang—or site 1—a megalithic jar site of nearly 400 jars, located in Xieng Khouang Province. The results confirm the findings of earlier research, but additionally reveal a range of mortuary practices, high rates of infant and child mortality, and new evidence dating these interments to the ninth to thirteenth centuries AD. |
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