Ban Don Phlong

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Ban Dong Phlong ( Thai : บ้าน ดง พ ลอง ) is an archaeological site in Buriram Province .

Location and excavation history

Ban Dong Phlong is located in Amphoe Khaen Dong , Buriram Province, in northeastern Thailand ( Isan ). Ban Dong Phlong was studied by E. Nitta in the early 1990s.

Finds

Nitta was able to uncover 17 clay fireplaces and pits that contained scraped metal remains. The found crucibles and remains, as well as the fact that the kilns were found in layers one on top of the other, suggest a considerable period of time during which iron was processed here . Radiocarbon dating results suggest a time at the end of the 1st millennium BC. Close. Above it lay a series of tombs facing north-south, from which a man's tomb protruded: the tomb had clay walls and the man's face was covered with a clay tile. He wore three large bracelets made of bronze on each arm and three bronze rings on his chest and on the fingers of his right hand. A necklace was made from 10 agate and 31 glass beads. Based on the remains of wood, it can be concluded that he was in a coffin made from a split log.

Other graves also contained bronze rings and glass jewelry. These findings indicate that the burial of the dead was much more expensive than during the Bronze Age in this area.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ E. Nitta: "Archaeological study on the ancient iron-smelting and salt-making industries in the northeast of Thailand. Preliminary report on the excavations of Non Yang and Ban Don Phlong". Journal of Southeast Asian Archeology , 11: 1-46 (1991)

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