Comments on: Angkoran ironworks site hailed as a major find http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/09/08/angkoran-ironworks-site-hailed-major-find/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=angkoran-ironworks-site-hailed-major-find Archaeology news from Southeast Asia Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Damian http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/09/08/angkoran-ironworks-site-hailed-major-find/#comment-966 Damian Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:53:36 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/?p=2351#comment-966 It's the title of the news article in Xinhua that's actually misleading, I really don't know where they got that from! For those interested in iron working in medieval Cambodia, a major project new project led by Mitch Hendrickson at the University of Sydney is also investigating the famous iron working site of Preah Khan of Kompong Svay: http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/indap It’s the title of the news article in Xinhua that’s actually misleading, I really don’t know where they got that from!

For those interested in iron working in medieval Cambodia, a major project new project led by Mitch Hendrickson at the University of Sydney is also investigating the famous iron working site of Preah Khan of Kompong Svay:

http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/indap

]]> By: noelbynature http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/09/08/angkoran-ironworks-site-hailed-major-find/#comment-965 noelbynature Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:44:55 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/?p=2351#comment-965 thanks for the correction, Damian! thanks for the correction, Damian!

]]> By: Damian http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2009/09/08/angkoran-ironworks-site-hailed-major-find/#comment-964 Damian Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:41:04 +0000 http://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/?p=2351#comment-964 Ahem.... It should be noted in point of fact that while this may well be the first find of an iron working site in the relatively brief history *of the Apsara Authority*, it is by no means "the first of its kind found in Cambodia". There's an entire chapter in Claude Jacques' 2007 "The Khmer Empire", for instance, giving a round-up of decades of scholarship on the issue. Ahem…. It should be noted in point of fact that while this may well be the first find of an iron working site in the relatively brief history *of the Apsara Authority*, it is by no means “the first of its kind found in Cambodia”. There’s an entire chapter in Claude Jacques’ 2007 “The Khmer Empire”, for instance, giving a round-up of decades of scholarship on the issue.

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