![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")
via Bernama, 15 October 2021: Humain remains, estimated to be 10,000 years old, and cave paintings have been found in a cave in Perlis. All the news stories are in Bahasa Malaysia.
Jabatan Warisan Negara (JWN) akan menjalankan ekskavasi dan dokumentasi lukisan purba di Gua Semadong serta kerja-kerja
penyelamatan tengkorak manusia yang ditemukan di Bukit Keteri, dekat sini.Pesuruhjaya Warisan Mohd Azmi Mohd Yusof berkata ia susulan satu eksplorasi arkeologi dijalankan oleh JWN bersama Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri (UPEN) dan Persatuan Mendaki Negeri Perlis di kawasan berkenaan pada Julai tahun lepas.
“Eksplorasi ini bertujuan untuk menjalankan pendokumentasian dan inventori tapak bagi memperoleh data arkeologi terkini tapak, di samping mengeksplorasidengan lebih lanjut sebarang kemungkinan jumpaan artifak yang masih belum diteroka oleh penyelidik terdahulu,” katanya.
Source: BERNAMA – JWN jalankan ekskavasi di Gua Semadong, selamat tengkorak purba di Bukit Keteri
See also:
- Tengkorak manusia berusia 10,000 tahun ditemui di Bukit Keteri, Perlis | Berita Harian, 14 October 2021
- Fosil tulang, tengkorak manusia, lukisan bukti Perlis jadi penempatan pra sejarah | Metro TV, 14 October 2021
- Tengkorak manusia berusia 10,000 tahun ditemui di gua Perlis | Berita Mediacorp, 15 October 2021
Evans dug at Ketri in the 1930s, and William Hunt in 1951.
One of the large drawings of a man almost looks like King Kong!