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Excavating among the megaliths: recent research at the 'Plain of Jars' site 1 in Laos

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O'Reilly, Dougald; Shewan, Louise; Domett, Kathryn M; Halcrow, S.E.; Luangkhoth, Thonglith

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The date and significance of the megalithic jar sites of central Laos are comparatively poorly understood features of the Southeast Asian archaeological landscape. First explored systematically in the 1930s, only limited research on these sites has been undertaken since. This article presents the recent excavations at Ban Ang—or site 1—a megalithic jar site of nearly 400 jars, located in Xieng Khouang Province. The results confirm the findings of earlier research, but additionally reveal a...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorO'Reilly, Dougald
dc.contributor.authorShewan, Louise
dc.contributor.authorDomett, Kathryn M
dc.contributor.authorHalcrow, S.E.
dc.contributor.authorLuangkhoth, Thonglith
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-07T00:09:42Z
dc.identifier.issn0003-598X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/203835
dc.description.abstractThe date and significance of the megalithic jar sites of central Laos are comparatively poorly understood features of the Southeast Asian archaeological landscape. First explored systematically in the 1930s, only limited research on these sites has been undertaken since. This article presents the recent excavations at Ban Ang—or site 1—a megalithic jar site of nearly 400 jars, located in Xieng Khouang Province. The results confirm the findings of earlier research, but additionally reveal a range of mortuary practices, high rates of infant and child mortality, and new evidence dating these interments to the ninth to thirteenth centuries AD.
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to thank the Australian Research Council for funding support and the Lao government for their support and cooperation.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherAntiquity Publications
dc.rights© Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2019
dc.sourceAntiquity
dc.titleExcavating among the megaliths: recent research at the 'Plain of Jars' site 1 in Laos
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume93
dc.date.issued2019
local.identifier.absfor210103 - Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas
local.identifier.ariespublicationu6048437xPUB775
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB11647
local.publisher.urlhttp://antiquity.ac.uk/
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationO'Reilly, Dougald, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationShewan, Louise, University of Melbourne
local.contributor.affiliationDomett, Kathryn M, James Cook University
local.contributor.affiliationHalcrow, S.E., University of Otago
local.contributor.affiliationLuangkhoth, Thonglith, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue370
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage970
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage989
local.identifier.doi10.15184/aqy.2019.102
dc.date.updated2022-10-23T07:16:43Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85070492170
local.identifier.thomsonIDWOS:000482381200015
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