SEAArch - Southeast Asian Archaeology

Restoration of the Takeo gate

‘Angkor Thanksgiving’ slated for Dec 12-16

Indonesia

North Maluku megalithic artifacts likely linked to ancestor worship

Most areas of Bayon temple now open; top level closed for renovation

FEATURED

Burma (Myanmar)

Southeast Asian Archaeology colouring pages to help you pass the time under lockdown

April 16, 2020 - Updated on November 22, 2021

Featured

5 Southeast Asian archaeology sites to visit (that are not Angkor)

January 25, 2008 - Updated on September 30, 2021

Thailand

A visit to Chiang Saen museum and archaeological sites

March 22, 2021 - Updated on March 23, 2021

Burma (Myanmar)

Explore Southeast Asia through these virtual galleries

March 18, 2020 - Updated on December 11, 2020

Laos

Drone flights over the Plain of Jars

November 26, 2015 - Updated on September 30, 2021

Southeast Asia

Southeast Asian Archaeology 2020: Year in Review

December 29, 2020

Malaysia

Aboard the Jewel of Muscat

June 16, 2010 - Updated on September 30, 2021

Singapore

The ancient scripts of Southeast Asia – Part 1

June 15, 2007 - Updated on September 30, 2021

Featured

A visit to the Phanom Surin Shipwreck site, Samut Sakorn Province

March 16, 2015 - Updated on September 30, 2021

Cambodia

Southeast Asian Archaeology memes that will tickle your funny bone and also make you ponder

March 17, 2020 - Updated on October 6, 2020

Featured

The most influential books on Southeast Asian Archaeology (a crowdsourced list)

August 27, 2018 - Updated on September 30, 2021

RESEARCH

Indonesia

Mongol fleet on the way to Java: First archaeological remains from the Karimata Strait in Indonesia

Laos

[Paper] Ban Pha Tai: The excavation and dating of a buried megalithic jar in Xieng Khouang, Lao PDR

Source: Institute of Imperial Citadel Studies 20211119

Vietnam

[Call for Papers] Imperial Ceramics in Thang Long Royal Palace

Indonesia

[Paper] Pulau Ampat site: A submerged 8th century iron production village in Matano Lake, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Cambodia

Angkorian Khmer stoneware: production and provenance

Southeast Asia

[Paper] Genomic insights into Neolithic farming‐related migrations in the junction of east and southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

[Paper] Changing social inequality from first farmers to early states in Southeast Asia

November 17, 2021

OPPORTUNITIES

Cambodian archaeology students win scholarships in Japan

November 23, 2021

Southeast Asia

Alphawood Scholarships at SOAS 2022/23

Southeast Asia

PEMSEA Research Awards on Early Modern Southeast Asia

November 9, 2021

U.S. embassy calls for proposal on cultural preservation grants

November 8, 2021

Philippines

PEMSEA Archaeological Field School in the Philippines Summer 2022

November 1, 2021

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Singapore

Tenure track positions at the Department of Malay Studies, NUS

October 25, 2021

Southeast Asia

[Call for Applications] Sustainable Heritage Management Foundation Course

October 19, 2021

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MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

CAMBODIA

Cambodia

THAILAND

Thailand

[Talk] Digging Deep: A Journey into Southeast Asia’s Past

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The Slab Graves of Tak province, Thailand

New in the Online Lecture Library (November 2021 update)

August 13, 2021 - Updated on August 17, 2021

Fine Arts Department wants to protect old railway terminus

November 23, 2021

MYANMAR

Burma (Myanmar)

Pagodas Damaged in Myanmar’s Temple City

October 22, 2021

Myanmar Junta Criticized Over Mandalay Palace Park Plan

October 20, 2021

[Talk] Archaeological Evidence of Bagan and Arakan in Early 2nd Millennium AD

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[Talk] Artefacts, Identities and Restitution

May 13, 2021

VIETNAM

Thai Hoa Palace. Source: Nhan Dan 20211124

Vietnam

Thai Hoa Palace undergoes major restoration

Stories from Vietnam’s Cultural Heritage Day

LAO PDR

Laos

[Paper] Ban Pha Tai: The excavation and dating of a buried megalithic jar in Xieng Khouang, Lao PDR

Historical socioecological transformations in the global tropics as an Anthropocene analogue

October 7, 2021

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PERIPHERAL SEA

Peripheral Southeast Asia

204 bronze relics on display in Guizhou Museum

[Paper] Genomic insights into Neolithic farming‐related migrations in the junction of east and southeast Asia

ISLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

INDONESIA

Indonesia

Mongol fleet on the way to Java: First archaeological remains from the Karimata Strait in Indonesia

North Maluku megalithic artifacts likely linked to ancestor worship

Leang Tedogne. Source: Adhi Agua Oktaviana 20211021

[Video] A visit to Leang Tedonge, containing the world’s oldest figurative rock art

[Paper] Pulau Ampat site: A submerged 8th century iron production village in Matano Lake, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

MALAYSIA

Malaysia

More than 500 cave paintings found in Perak

Gerakan promises to nominate Baba Nyonya, Kristang heritage for Unesco list

November 22, 2021

Cavers in Malaysia on the lookout for archaeological treasures

November 22, 2021

Perlis tumpuan penyelidik zaman prasejarah