An account about a school visit to a archaeological site in Brunei, which is already quite illuminating because archaeological reports from this part of the world is rare. [...]
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A private museum opens in Vietnam featuring antiquities. [...] The remains of a 100,000 year old carabao (buffalo) has been identified as a new dwarf species. The dwarf carabao may be indicative of a biological phenomenon known as “island dwarfism”, where animals living in areas with limited resources (eg. islands) adapt to be smaller. [...] 19 November 2006 (BBC) - Java sunken treasure to be sold Scientists in Indonesia are preparing to auction tens of thousands of artefacts salvaged from a sunken ship off the coast of Java. The items, which are believed to be more than 1,000 years old, include ceramics, tombstones and swords. … Salvaged after 1,000 [...] 19 November 2006 (Thanh Nien News) - Capital city excavates millenary-old altar Archaeologists in Hanoi affirmed Thursday that the ancient structure found some weeks ago by a roadwork unit was the Xa Tac (State) altar that Ly Dynasty had built some 1,000 years ago. They have since Oct. 30 studied three excavated areas around [...] The SEAArch podcast goes to Lenggong in Perak, Malaysia to check out the Lenggong Archaeological Museum and to also talk about the Perak Man, the oldest complete prehistoric skeleton found in this area. [...] The distinctive Duong Long Towers, where ongoing excavations are underway, are being proposed for addition into the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. [...] 17 November 2006 (The News Today) – Henry F. Funtecha writes another article about the early Bisayans and talks about their skull moulding practices and how they appear in the archaeological record. The pre-colonial Bisayan practice of skull moulding Before the Spanish colonization of the Philippines, the Bisayans practiced skull moulding as a way of [...] The surface of a Dong Son style drum has been found in the Phu Yen province of Vietnam. [...] A selection of archaeology-related books, new to the catalogue of Select Books, a specialised publisher and retailer of books pertaining to Southeast Asia. For ordering info, please visit the Select Books website. 010657 Chinese Potter, The: A Practical History Of Chinese Ceramics (Reprinted 2006). Medley, Margaret. Gb. 1989. 288pp. pb $55.65 (China has the [...] |
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