• Brunei’s archaeology does not get nearly enough attention.⠀
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For this bonus post, I’m looking at Kota Batu Archaeological Park, the site of Brunei’s old capital. It is not a spectacular ruin in the usual sense — no towering temples, no monumental gateways — but its fragments tell a fascinating story: tombs, ceramics, sandstone pillar bases, river defences, house posts, imported wares, and traces of a working port city.⠀
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Kota Batu shows Brunei not as a quiet corner of Southeast Asian archaeology, but as part of the maritime world that linked Borneo with China, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and beyond.
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🏹 a new review of bow-and-arrow evidence from India to Oceania⠀
🪙 a study of how Roman materials were filtered and remade in Southeast Asia⠀
🌊 new work on maritime links between Angkor and China during the megadrought period⠀
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Also this week: Angkor palace waterworks, the Cẩm An shipwreck, and the reopening of Phimai National Museum.⠀
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  • New this week in Southeast Asian Archaeology: the Plain of Jars, trade beads, burial rituals, Philippine obsidian, coastal watchtowers, public archaeology, and a museum rethink of the galleon trade.⠀
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The lead story is a new paper from Laos, where one huge jar at Site 75 contained the remains of at least 37 people and hints at a long, careful mortuary tradition. From there, the issue moves across the region, with a particularly strong run of stories from the Philippines on exchange networks, local histories, and the stories archaeology tells in public.⠀
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Jars, beads, boats, and the occasional inconvenient fact. https://bit.ly/3RqKWyW ⠀
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  • This week: Đồng Dương, ancient Champa, broken bricks, border temples, Buddhist architecture on the move, and a reminder that archaeology is rarely just about the past.⠀
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  • This week in Southeast Asian Archaeology: a remarkable burial find in Phetchaburi, an old perahu under review in Kelantan, and the Po Nagar festival in Vietnam as a case of living heritage in action. ⠀
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  • The Ayala Museum’s Gold of Ancestors exhibition showcases over a thousand gold objects, many originating from Butuan and the Surigao Treasure and generally dated to the 10th–13th centuries CE. These pieces demonstrate the Philippines’ participation in extensive regional trade networks and the high level of craftsmanship achieved before Spanish colonisation.

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  • A quick visit to the National Museum of the Philippines earlier this week, particularly to the National Museum of Anthropology. Here are my 5 highlights.

Have you been to the National Museum in Manila? What are your favourite pieces?

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  • From Angkor wall repairs and Óc Eo museum plans to Preah Vihear restoration politics and Sulawesi cliff burials, this week’s newsletter rounds up Southeast Asian archaeology with context. Subscribe for the stories behind the headlines.

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Champa Art in Tran Ky Phuong’s eyes

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Source: The Thao Van Hoa 20220301

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via TTVH Online, 1 March 2022: Vietnamese article talking about Tran Ky Phuong’s latest book, Champa Art: Research on Architecture and Sculpture of Temples and Towers.

Nghệ thuật Chăm Pa: Nghiên cứu kiến trúc và điêu khắc đền – tháp là tựa sách mới nhất của nhà nghiên cứu Trần Kỳ Phương, do NXB Thế giới và Trường Phương Books ấn hành.

Sách dày 390 trang, tập họp gồm 11 bài khảo cứu công phu về nghệ thuật kiến trúc và điêu khắc đền-tháp Chăm Pa, dựa trên những suy nghiệm lâu dài và những tư liệu từ nhiều cuộc điền dã sâu của tác giả. Một vài chương trong sách đã được công bố trước đây, tuy nhiên trong lần xuất bản này, tác giả đã biên tập và chỉnh sửa rất kỹ lưỡng cũng như bổ sung nhiều hình ảnh và bản vẽ minh hoạ.
Hơn 4 thập kỷ qua, Trần Kỳ Phương được giới chuyên môn và bạn đọc biết nhiều trên lĩnh vực nghiên cứu lịch sử nghệ thuật và kiến trúc Chăm Pa. Ông cũng là một trong những người đầu tiên khôi phục và đưa Bảo tàng Điêu khắc Chăm Đà Nẵng bị hư hại sau chiến tranh trở lại phục vụ công chúng, khoảng thập niên 1980.

Source: Champa Art in Tran Ky Phuong’s eyes | TTVH Online

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