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EurASEAA 11

EurASEAA 11, or the 11th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, will be held at the Musée des Tumulus, Bougon, Poitou-Charentes, France, bewteen 25–30 September 2006. Interested? Contact euraseaa2006@club-internet.fr for more information. Related Books: – Uncovering Southeast Asia’s Past: Selected Papers from the 10th International Conference of the European Association of [...]

Two books

… to add to my wishlist, and also possibly yours!

Elisabeth A. Bacus, Ian C. Glover and Vincent C. Pigott (eds) 2006. Uncovering Southeast Asia’s Past – Selected papers from the Tenth Biennial Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, London, 14th – 17th September 2004. Singapore: National University Press, 2006. 423 pp, [...]

3,500-year-old fishing village discovered in Khanh Hoa province

What is believed to be the oldest fishing village in central Vietnam has been unearthed in the Khanh Hoa Province. [...]

A survey of heritage charters

An outline of heritage charters and cultural resource protection agencies around the world. [...]

Ancient Shipwrecks Found in Straits of Malacca

Three shipwrecks, including what could possibly be the oldest European shipwreck in the region have been discovered along the Straits of Malacca by an Australian marine archaeologist. [...]

Perak Man is Back in Town

Guest blogger LIZ PRICE from cavesofmalaysia kindly gives us her review of the Perak Man exhibition now on at the Muzium Negara in Kuala Lumpur. [...]

Cham tower ruins pulled from bowels of construction

Remains of a Cham tower uncovered in Quang Ngai Province. [...]

Tamil-Brahmi inscription on pottery found in Thailand

Inscriptions on a 2nd-century pottery find in Thailand indicate origins in Tamil Nadu in India, indicating a new extent of Tamil influence in the ancient world. [...]

Climate change could have killed Angkor

A new hypothesis presented at an international conference on Angkor posits that climate change led to the relatively fast depopulation and abandonment of Angkor. [...]

Trading treasures

A jewelry company in partnership with a marine archaeological firm takes the small, “unsexy” bits of pottery sherds and makes them into designer earrings and necklaces. The proceeds from the sale go on to fund future archaeological expeditions. I think purists will howl at the idea of “sherds-for-sale”, but on the other hand, it’s an interesting business model for keeping an independent archaeological investigation company. [...]