Non Muang Kao
Non Muang Kao ( Thai เนิน เมือง เก่า , RTGS Noen Mueang Kao , "hill of the old city") is an archaeological site in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima .
Location and excavation history
Non Muang Kao is located in Amphoe Non Sung , Nakhon Ratchasima in Northeastern Thailand ( Isan ). The course extends over an area of around 55 hectares , on which there are two hills.
In 1906, Prince Damrong Rajanubhab visited the area and spoke to residents of Ban Don Phlong on December 19 on his way to Bua Yai . He learned about Non Muang Kao, where they had discovered old pottery shards. The first excavations took place in the following year under the direction of Etienne Lunet de Lajonquière . Dougald O'Reilly and Charles Higham carried out further studies in 1996/97.
Finds
Dougald O'Reilly immediately found holes for wooden posts, such as those used in traditional Thai houses, on the hill. Graves were also found that lay in a line and were covered with a thin layer of mortar or plaster and filled with grains of rice . The buried wore earrings made of bronze and had balls made of glass and agate as well as thin-walled clay vessels with them, which were identified as black pottery from Phimai . The radiocarbon dating suggests a settlement between the beginning of our era and the year 400th
literature
- Damrong Rajanubhab: Visitations in Monthon Nakhon Rajasima and Monthon Udon Isarn in Rattanakosin 125 and BE 2449. Diskul, Bangkok 1995 (in Thai).
- Dougald O'Reilly: The discovery of clay-lined floors at an Iron Age site in Thailand; preliminary observations from Non Muang Kao, Nakon Ratchasima Province. In: Journal of the Siam Society , Volume 85, No. 1, pp. 1-14.
- Charles Higham , Rachanie Thosarat: Prehistoric Thailand: from early settlements to Sukhothai. River Books, Bangkok 1998, ISBN 974-8225-30-5 .
- Charles Higham, A. Kijngam, S. Talbot (Eds.): The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor. Volume 2: The Excavation of Noen U-Loke and Non Muang Kao. The Fine Arts Department of Thailand, Bangkok 2007, ISBN 978-974-417-823-7 .