• The Association for Asian Studies has just announced a whole series of grants including a conference travel grant, and the Gosling-Lim Fellowship which is specifically for Southeast Asian nationals in any discipline.

https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/12/05/association-for-asian-studies-grants/
  • SEAMEO SPAFA is organising a training workshop on conducting Heritage Impact Assessments in Malaysia in April 2024. Applications are open now until 10 January 2024.

https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/12/05/training-workshop-on-heritage-impact-assessment-in-southeast-asian-context-principles-methodology-and-mitigation-measures/
  • Hanoi plans to raise entrance fees at major tourist sites like the Thang Long Citadel and Huong Pagoda to fund conservation efforts, with discounts for students, the elderly, and free entry for some.

https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/12/04/paying-more-to-preserve-history-hanoi-ups-tourist-site-fees/
  • Batu Kitang
  • via Wetwired, 02 December 2023: A recent podcast about the Gunung Padang pyramid controversy.

https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/12/04/podcast-the-worlds-oldest-pyramid-feat-bill-farley-and-steph-halmhofer/
  • 1980-81 archaeological fieldwork in Thailand
  • Southeast Asian highlands, previously seen as limiting, are revealed as dynamic centers of societal transformation, challenging conventional views with their rich cultural and historical diversity.

https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/12/04/paper-do-mountains-kill-states-exploring-the-diversity-of-southeast-asian-highland-communities/
  • The U.S. has granted $450,000 to the World Monuments Fund for the restoration of Cambodia
  • Angkor Archaeological Park in Cambodia witnessed a dramatic rise in tourism in 2023, with nearly 700,000 visitors and $32.54 million in revenue, boosted by the new Siem Reap Angkor International Airport.

https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/12/04/12-01-cambodias-angkor-sees-nearly-700000-intl-tourists-in-11-months/
  • The British Museum is organising a special webinar in conjunction with their Burma to Myanmar exhibition on 14 December 2023. Details in the link below.

https://www.southeastasianarchaeology.com/2023/12/04/webinar-ancient-myanmar/
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Drone flights over the Plain of Jars

26 November 2015
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Plain of Jars Site 1

In September I was in Laos and I had the opportunity to visit the Plain of Jars, or at least, a few of the jar sites that dot central Laos around Xieng Khouang province. There are over 2,000 jars spread out in over 100 sites. Not all of them are accessible, because of the presence of UXOs, and several have been destroyed due to war and development.

Aerial view of the Plain of Jars Site 1
Aerial view of the Plain of Jars Site 1

The megalithic jars are somewhat unique in Southeast Asia – less known, but distinctively peculiar and in need of further study. They are associated with burials, and the jars themselves display a large variability in forms and sizes and distribution. Despite the rainy weather, I was fortunate to be able to take the UAV out for a spin over various sites:

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  1. Moira Tait says:
    8 years ago

    i was there a couple of weeks ago! its good to see their location in the topography.

  2. Rik Ponne says:
    8 years ago

    Julie Van Den Bergh

  3. John Clarke says:
    8 years ago

    on my bucket list to see

  4. Clement Harischandra Iddagoda says:
    8 years ago

    I am member of the Sri Lanka Archaeological society and my interest subject

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