O'Reilly, DougaldShewan, LouiseKhamphouvong, MailoButphachit, Amphai2020-05-012520-8101http://hdl.handle.net/1885/203528Ban Phakeo is a village in central Laos near which 415 megalithic jars and other associated lithic objects were discovered. There are over 80 such sites known in central Laos and this site was assigned the number 52 in the Lao National Inventory. Site 52 was excavated in eight discrete locations. Prospection was undertaken in the surrounds of Site 52 leading to the discovery of several previously undocumented sites which appear to be quarries or transport sites. The present paper focuses on the archaeological excavations undertaken at Site 52 and the newly discovered sites presenting the results of this research.This work was supported by the Australian Research Council [DP150101164]application/pdfen-AU© Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology (RCCFA), Jilin University and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019201910.1007/s41826-019-00023-02019-11-25