An 18th century Spanish account of the eruption of Taal
via Esquire Philippines, 14 January 2020: Philippines is on alert as the Taal Volcano threatens to erupt. In peaceful times, ...
Tag: disasters
Mainly about natural disasters (floods, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, etc.), but can also refer to man-made disasters (e.g. fire) and other catastrophic events that affect archaeological sites in Southeast Asia.
See also: 2011 Thailand Flood, 2016 Myanmar Earthquake
Repair of quake-damaged Bagan pagodas nearly finished
via Myanmar Times, 09 January 2020: Myanmar reports that only 11 pagodas damaged in the 2016 earthquake remain for repair.
Bohol church closed by quake damage for 6 years reopens at start of Misa de Gallo
via Philippine Inquirer, 16 December 2019: Sto. Niño Parish Church, one of the churches damaged by the Bohol earthquake in ...
Saving longhouses from destruction by fire
via New Straits Times, 06 November 2019: Sarawak's wooden longhouses are a heritage treasure, but are susceptible to fire. This ...
[Paper] Temple occupation and the tempo of collapse at Angkor Wat, Cambodia
via PNAS, 3 June 2019: A recently-published paper in PNAS examines what happened in Angkor during its period of decline ...
[Paper] Geoarchaeological evidence from Angkor, Cambodia, reveals a gradual decline rather than a catastrophic 15th-century collapse
From PNAS, 25 Feb 2019 with links to news stories below: Analyzing sediment cores from Angkor reveal that the decline ...
This Borneo archaeological dig cave could shed light on the Mt Toba super-volcano eruption and humans’ arrival in the region
via ABC, 27 October 2018: A beautiful multimedia essay about recent excavations in the Niah Caves complex.
Man killed as 108-year-old stupa collapses
via Bangkok Post, 04 June 2018 KALASIN: A 108-year-old stupa in Kuchinarai district partially collapsed on Monday, killing a worker ...
What we lost in the fire: Notes on our archives, and the buildings that house them
via ABS-CBN News, 1 June 2018: Last week, the Juan Luna Building in Manila, which is the home of the ...
Fire damages four Wat buildings at historical Ayutthaya site
via The Nation, 18 March 2018 Four century-old monastic residence buildings within Wat Senasanaram located on Ayutthaya's city island were ...
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