Kiln excavations begin at Koh Ker temple

via Phnom Penh Post, 27 January 2021: Archaeological investigation of a kiln site in Koh Ker.

The National Authority for Preah Vihear in cooperation with the Waseda University of Japan are conducting a research study into the Dey Chhnang Kok Ancient Furnace Station to find and document traces of ancient furnace structures.

Director-general of Cambodia’s National Authority for Preah Vihear Kong Puthikar said that this is the second phase of the study into the Dey Chhnang Kok Ancient Furnace Station at the Koh Ker temple resort.

The study is being conducted in cooperation with Waseda University of Japan’s Dr Yukitsugu Tabata – a leading expert on ancient ceramics in Southeast Asia and China.

“We wanted to know more about the furnaces in the Koh Ker era. We wanted to know how many furnaces there were and how their functions may have differed because at the Koh Ker temple, in the past, we had seen the use of varying shapes and forms of ceramics and tiles,” he said.

Source: Furnace excavations begin at P Vihear’s Koh Ker temple | Phnom Penh Post