![This week in Southeast Asian Archaeology: Prambanan gets some renewed attention, Phimai Black pottery surfaces at Mun Bon Dam, and I’m taking a short break next week.⠀
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The featured stories look at the new Indonesia–India conservation project at Prambanan, focusing on the temple complex’s ruined perwara shrines, and a striking Late Prehistoric find in northeast Thailand: a remarkably complete Phimai Black vessel discovered as water levels fell at Mun Bon Dam.⠀
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Temples, pottery, reservoirs, and a little scheduled rest. Back again on 27 July.⠀
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The featured stories look at the new Indonesia–India conservation project at Prambanan, focusing on the temple complex’s ruined perwara shrines, and a striking Late Prehistoric find in northeast Thailand: a remarkably complete Phimai Black vessel discovered as water levels fell at Mun Bon Dam.⠀
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Temples, pottery, reservoirs, and a little scheduled rest. Back again on 27 July.⠀
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Read this week’s newsletter: [link in bio]⠀
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#SoutheastAsianArchaeology #Archaeology #Heritage #Prambanan #Thailand #Indonesia #Cambodia #Vietnam #CulturalHeritage #Substack")
The Siam Society in Bangkok will host a symposium on the new book Before Siam: Essays in Art and Archaeology
Symposium on Before Siam: New Research in Art and Archaeology
Date: Saturday June 28, 2014
Time: 1-5pm
Place: The Siam Society (Auditorium), Bangkok
List of Presentations and Speakers:
13.15: Opening Remarks
13.30: Dr Trongjai Hutangkura (Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, Bangkok)
“Reconsidering the Palaeo-shoreline in the Lower Central Plain of Thailand”
14.00: Cpt Boonyarit Chaisuwan (Fine Arts Department, Kanchanaburi)
“The Development of Coastal Polities in the Upper Thai-Malay Peninsula”
14.30: Dr Thanik Lertcharnrit (Silpakorn University, Bangkok)
“Phromthin Tai: An Archaeological Perspective on Its Societal Transition”
15.30: Dr Wannasarn Noonsuk (Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat)
“Early Brahmanical Vestiges in Pattani and Nakhon Si Thammarat provinces”
16.00: Mr Nicolas Revire (Thammasat University, Bangkok)
“Glimpses of Buddhism before Siam”
16.30: Dr Stephen A. Murphy (Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore)
“Sema Stones in Lower Myanmar and Northeast Thailand: A Comparison”
17.00: Closing Remarks & Reception
RSVP: info@siam-society.org or Tel. 02-661-6470-7
