Officials from Preah Sihanouk urge citizens to surrender artifacts
via Thmey Thmey, 12 December 2020: Article in Khmer about government officials in Preah Sihanouk province urging the public to...
[Paper] First experimental reconstruction of an Angkorian iron furnace (13th–14th centuries CE): Archaeological and archaeometric implications
via Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Dec 2020: Paper by Leroy et al. presents the results of research of Angkorian...
‘Sejarah Melayu’ listed in Penguin’s newly-launched South-East Asian Classics series
via The Star, 05 December 2020: Penguin books has recently launched two Southeast Asian works as classic titles, the Malay...
[Paper] Landscapes, Linkages, and Luminescence: First-Millennium CE Environmental and Social Change in Mainland Southeast Asia
via Primary Sources and Asian Pasts, 2020: A new Open Access paper/chapter by Miriam Stark.
[Paper] Faces in the Stone: Further Finds of Anthropomorphic Engravings Suggest a Discrete Artistic Tradition Flourished in Timor-Leste in the Terminal Pleistocene
via Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 29 September 2020: New rock engraving sites discovered in East Timor.
Call for Abstracts: Bioarchaeology Early Career Conference 2021
The virtual BECC (Bioarchaeology Early Career Conference), held in March 2021, is seeking abstracts for poster and presentation sessions. Deadline...
Playing the past in Southeast Asia
via New Mandala, 07 December 2020: Dr Nien Yuang Cheng writes about how the Southeast Asian past is portrayed through...
A new book about Angkor in modern times
via Asia Times, 06 December 2020: A new book by John Burgess looks at Angkor in the modern era.
APSARA Authority launches new journal
via Sabay News, 04 December 2020: The Apsara National Authority announces the launch of a research journal 'Preah Nokor', which...
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in Thailand)
via Khaosod English, 7 December 2020 (and other sources below): Archaeology-adjacent, and also quite humourous. Funny-looking temple sculptures depicting mythical...
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