• 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.
  • This week’s Southeast Asian Archaeology newsletter is about movement, adaptation, and why archaeology is rarely as tidy as we pretend.⠀
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Inside:⠀
🏹 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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#SoutheastAsianArchaeology #Archaeology #Heritage #Angkor #Vietnam #Thailand #Cambodia #AncientTrade #MaritimeArchaeology
  • 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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#SoutheastAsianArchaeology #Archaeology #Heritage #Laos #Philippines #Museums #PublicHistory
  • 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.

#southeastasianarchaeology #philippines #ayalamuseum #surigao #butuan
  • 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?

#manila #philippines #nationalmuseum #archaeology #southeastasianarchaeology
  • 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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  • 20 years ago I started Southeast Asian Archaeology with a few blog posts.⠀
It somehow turned into a weekly newsletter read around the world.⠀
Reflections, AMA, and what readers want next: ⠀
https://bit.ly/4cNZVKi⠀
  • New finds lead this week’s Southeast Asian Archaeology newsletter: possible Khmer temple remains in Mondulkiri and Korat, a prehistoric settlement in Lào Cai dating to around 2000–1500 BCE, and wooden stakes in Hoa Lư that may yet reshape how we think about the Trần-era landscape.⠀
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Over 300 lectures in the Online Lecture Library (Feb 2022 update)

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This month’s additions include the presentations from December’s SPAFACON which have pushed the toal number of lectures to over 300! For a full searchable list, check out the Online Lecture Library.

  • A Historiography of Settlement Archaeology in Southeast Asia, with Emphasis on the Pre-industrial State Formations by Gyles Iannone
  • Ocean Imperatives: conceptualizing shipping logistics and infrastructure for the study of maritime networks in Southeast Asia by Veronica Walker Vadillo
  • Forms of Government and local community participation in the management of cultural World Heritage sites in Southeast Asia by Vithaya Arporn
  • Cultural interaction between Vietnam and Southeast Asian nations in the 15th-16th centuries: examining ceramics from ancient shipwrecks being stored at the Museum of History in Ho Chi Minh City by Pham Ngoc Uyen
  • Digital Navigator on the Seas of the Selden Map of China: Sequential Least-Cost Path Analysis Using Dynamic Wind Data by Wesa Pertola
  • The Prevailing Art and Tradition of Intentional Dental Modification in Prehistoric Southeast Asia by Kathryn Purnell
  • The Still Unexplored Parts of Southeast Asian Archaeology: Colonial Archaeology Singapore by Sxuann Sim
  • Khao San Dam: the Archaeological Evidence of Burnt Rice Festival in Southern Thailand by Pakpadee Yukongdi
  • Before Bagan: Using Archaeological Data Sets to Assess the Traditional Historical Narrative by Scott Macrae, Kong Cheong, Gyles Iannone and Pyiet Phyo Kyaw
  • The Rock Art in Kinta Valley, West Malaysia: A synthesis by Chaw Yeh Saw and Hsiao Mei Goh
  • New Archaeological Discoveries: Gates and Turrets of 16th Burmese Royal Capital of Hamsavati by Thaw Zin Latt
  • A preliminary of Chinese ceramics in Champa archaeological sites by Alex Giang
  • A Study on the structure and significance of the north sanctuary at Western Prasat Top by Yuni Sato, Tamura Tomomi, Sugiyama Hiroshi, Lam Sopheak, Sok Keo Sovannara, Loeung Ravattey, Ros Visoth
  • The funeral cave of Laang Spean by Valery Zeitoun, Heng Sophady, Hubert Forestier
  • The Bronze age people of Ban Kao: A preliminary analysis of the human remains from Ban Ta Po archaeological site, western Thailand by Naruphol Wangthongchaicharoen, S. Duangsakul, P. Venunan, S. Lertwinitnun, S. Tubpenthai
  • The Mt. Popa Watershed and the Bronze-Iron Age of Bagan by Elizabeth Moore
  • After 30 years and during a Pandemic: Pottery Production and Distribution and Distribution in Bagacay, Talibon, Bohol, Central Philippines by Rhayan Gatbonton Melendres
  • Heritage Education in Myanmar by Su Su, Win Thant Win Shwin, Charlotte Galloway, Elizabeth Moore and Ohmmar Myo
  • As my father said: Traditional boatbuilding in Pasuruan, East Java by Agni Mochtar, Putri Taniardi and R. A. Ginanjar Purnawibawa and Shoim Abdul Aziz
  • Tangibility-Intangibility on UNESCO World Heritage Baroque Philippine Churches: the Spirit of Place and Its Collective Memory by Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja
  • Myinkaba village Bagan: The Resilience of Traditional Knowledge and Culture by Theint Theint Aung
  • Thai carpentry knowledge transmission: the development of traditional apprenticeship in a new context by Nichamon Hiranpruek
  • The Factors of Market Success of Contemporary Artists from Southeast Asia by Remy Jarry
  • Cosmos, Nature and the Spirit World: Aesthetic Manifestations in Southeast Asia by Victor R. Savage
  • The Series of Archeological Dances: A Historical Study and Dance Moves Recording with Labnotation by Dharakorn Chandnasaro
  • Musical Instruments on the 16th century bas reliefs of the North Gallery-East Wing of Angkor Wat : Dating and Significance by Arsenio Nicolas
  • Photography in Indonesian Classical Archaeology of 19th and Early 20th Century by Ahmad Kholdun
  • Old Burmese weights were not opium weights. They were weights. What else do we know about them? by Bob Hudson
  • Displaying “Religious Object” in the Context of Cultural Change and Social Distancing by Chung Pham
  • Creation and Innovation in Cultural Heritage Management in Plunturan Village, Pulung District, Ponorogo Regency Indonesian East Java Province towards Tourism Village by Ria Kusuma
  • Beyond the artefact: promoting technology by Cécile de Francquen
  • Indonesian Museum after New Regime Order: The Representation That Never Disappeared by Ayu Dipta Kirana and Fajar Aji Jiwandono
  • Geological Museum Innovation to Dealing with Covid-19 Pandemic by Ifan Yoga Pratama Suharyogi, Agustina Djafar, Rahajeng Ayu Permana Sari and Paradita Kenyo Arum Dewantoro
  • Reflections on the Pyinsaloha (five metals casting) in the Bagan and successive periods by Pwint Phyu Maung
  • Reflecting on an Unusual Depiction of the Birth of the Buddha from 12th Century Bagan by Su Latt Win
  • Symbols and Meaning of Prehistoric Rock Art in Thailand by Thippawan Wongadsapaiboon

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