via the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development, 26 March 2021: I was part of this team that surveyed Ko Lanta Bay in Southern Thailand last month. We discovered several new sites – including rock art sites!
During its latest survey mission in Koh Lanta Bay from 6 to 13 March 2021, the French archaeological mission in Thailand-Burma Peninsula uncovered new archaeological sites containing remains and paintings from thousands of years ago.
The French archaeological mission to Thailand-Burma peninsula, under the direction of Bérénice Bellina (CNRS-Ministry of Foreign Affairs), aimed at launching the study of the relationship between some marine nomadic groups of South-East Asia and the mountains and caves close to the shores.
Southeast Asia is home to several of these nomadic groups, which are spread out off and along the coasts of Burma, Indonesia and as far as the Philippines. A book about them will be published in June 2021 with the contribution of researchers from the PALOC unit. It will be the first to focus on these marine nomads in history with a cross-approach between archaeology and ethnology.
Source: New archaeological sites discovered in Koh Lanta Bay | Site Web IRD
