Non Pa Wai

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Coordinates: 14 ° 58 ′ 23.9 "  N , 100 ° 40 ′ 30.6"  E

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Non Pa Wai (also non Pha Wai) is an archaeological find place in the Valley Khao Wong Prachan in the province of Lop Buri in central Thailand , about 15 km north of the town of Lop Buri . In the plain of the Mae Nam Chao Phraya (Chao Phraya River) and its tributaries, there are hilly outcrops of copper ore .

Excavation history

Non Pa Wai was researched in 1986 and 1990 under the direction of Vincent Pigott . The excavation area is about 5 hectares and revealed refuse from molten metals and households to a depth of four meters.

Finds

Pigott found evidence of copper processing from the nearby hills. In addition, a Neolithic tomb was found, some of which is located under the Bronze Age graves. Based on radiocarbon dating, the area is believed to have been around 2300-500 BC. Was inhabited.

The oldest settlement level still shows no copper processing, this originates around 1500 BC. The copper was extracted from the nearby Khao Tab Kwai.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Higham and Thosarat (1989), p. 79
  2. ↑ Bacus, Glover and Pigott (2006), p. 156
  3. ↑ Bacus, Glover and Pigott (2006), p. 156

literature

  • Agelarakis A., "The Archeology of Human Bones: Prehistoric Copper Producing Peoples in the Khao Wong Prachan Valley, Central Thailand", (Ed.) P. Bellwood, <The Indo-Pacific Prehistory: The Chang Mai Papers>, IPAA Bulletin 14 : 1 (1996): 133-139.
  • Agelarakis A., "Some Reconstructions of Human Conditions During the 3rd millennium BC in SE Asia." South-East Asian Archeology, 1992, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Rome, 1992. Eds. R Ciarla, and F. Rispoli, Istituto Italiano per il Medio ed Estremo Oriente, 1997. 99-117.
  • Elisabeth A. Bacus, Ian Glover and Vincent C. Pigott: Uncovering Southeast Asia's past: selected papers from the 10th International Conference of the European Association of the Southeast Asian Archaeologists, London, British Museum, Sept. 14-17, 2004 . NUS Press 2006. ISBN 9971693518 .
  • Charles Higham and Rachanie Thosarat: prehistoric Thailand: from early settlement to Sukhothai . Bangkok: River Books 1998. ISBN 9748225305 .
  • Pigott CV, Mudar MK, Agelarakis A., Keajhofer L., Weber AS, and Voelker CJ, “A Program of Analysis of Organic Remains from Prehistoric Copper-producing Settlements in the Khao Wong Prachan Valley, Central Thailand: A Progress Report”, in (Eds. E. Bacus, I. Glover, and V. Pigott) “Uncovering Southeast Asia's Past”, National University of Singapore Publishing, pp: 154-167, Singapore, 2006.

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