![This week in Southeast Asian Archaeology: Prambanan gets some renewed attention, Phimai Black pottery surfaces at Mun Bon Dam, and I’m taking a short break next week.⠀
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The featured stories look at the new Indonesia–India conservation project at Prambanan, focusing on the temple complex’s ruined perwara shrines, and a striking Late Prehistoric find in northeast Thailand: a remarkably complete Phimai Black vessel discovered as water levels fell at Mun Bon Dam.⠀
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Temples, pottery, reservoirs, and a little scheduled rest. Back again on 27 July.⠀
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The featured stories look at the new Indonesia–India conservation project at Prambanan, focusing on the temple complex’s ruined perwara shrines, and a striking Late Prehistoric find in northeast Thailand: a remarkably complete Phimai Black vessel discovered as water levels fell at Mun Bon Dam.⠀
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Temples, pottery, reservoirs, and a little scheduled rest. Back again on 27 July.⠀
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Read this week’s newsletter: [link in bio]⠀
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#SoutheastAsianArchaeology #Archaeology #Heritage #Prambanan #Thailand #Indonesia #Cambodia #Vietnam #CulturalHeritage #Substack")
Chinese artefacts discovered in the Pahang River
via The Star, 14 August 2020: Song Dynasty ceramics and possibly of other periods found in the riverbed of the...
Drain pipes in Angkor Wat bridge cleared as restoration continues
via Khmer Times, 13 August 2020: Part of the ongoing restoration of the Angkor Wat causeway.
[Webinar] Museum Move
Next week's SPAFA SESH is a discussion with the directors of museums from Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia on rethinking museums...
[Paper] Archaeobotanical investigations at Angkor Wat and Ta Prohm
via Archaeological Research in Asia: A new paper about plant remains and their uses in Angkor.
Indicted smuggler of antiquities Douglas Latchford dies in Bangkok
via The Art Newspaper, 10 and 12 August 2020: Douglas Latchford, who was indicted by the New York District Attorney...
Angkor bridge repairs to be completed two years early, ANA says
via Phnom Penh Post, 10 August 2020: Restorations to the main causeway bridge of Angkor Wat progressing ahead of schedule.
[Lecture] An archaeometallurgical investigation of laterite iron production remains at Ban Kruat, Buriram Province, Thailand
Readers may be interested in this lecture at the Siam Society on 20 August 2020 by Pira Venunan of Silpakorn...
[Paper] A prehistoric copper-production centre in central Thailand: its dating and wider implications
Another paper in Antiquity about Thailand from Higham et al., dealing with copper production in central Thailand.
[Resource] Researching Colonial History of the Malay World like a Millennial
Sharing this amazing resource guide by Simon Soon from the Cultural Centre of the University of Malaya on digital sources...
[Book] Coastal Shrines and Transnational Maritime Networks across India and Southeast Asia
A new book by Himanshu Prabha Ray exploring shrines and maritime cultural landscapes in South and Southeast Asia. Amazon link
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