Nong Nor
Nong Nor is an archaeological site in central Thailand .
Nong Nor is the alluvial plain of the river Bang Pakong in which phanat nikhom district , province of Chonburi . The area has seen major environmental changes in the past 10,000 years. The settlement of the people adapted to these changes and followed the retreating coast, so that today one can follow the old course of the coast by means of the settlement traces.
Nong Nor was excavated and examined in three campaigns by Charles Higham and Rachanie Thosarat in the 1980s as the first prehistoric settlement on the coast of Thailand. They found that the place was settled by hunters and gatherers during two prehistoric phases . In the older location from around 2500 BC. About six million crustaceans were found , almost all of which belong to a type of cockle that settles on sandy or muddy beaches; it also promoted Bronze Age tombs to light, including charcoal residues and fire places belonged. The bones of sharks and dolphins as well as of larger mammals ( water buffalo , deer and wild cattle ) were found under the crustacean layer . The bones were made into simple implements such as fish hooks and awls . The many pottery shards indicate the production of ceramics .
In the more recent situation from the time between 1100 and 700 BC BC the skeleton of a woman was found who was buried in a sitting position. It was covered with clay pots. Since there are no more human remains, it is believed that the site was only inhabited for a short time - probably no longer than six months.
The excavation site itself was 400 m² in size, and test drillings showed that the whole settlement probably had not extended over 1,200 m², so that only a few families had settled here. The geomorphologist William Boyd analyzed the nature of the environment and determined that the settlement must have been on the southern bank of a sheltered bay.
literature
- DJW O'Reilly: "Introduction: The Issues and Problems". In CFW Higham and R. Thosarat (Eds.): The Excavation of Nong Nor: A Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand . (Otago Monographs in Prehistoric Anthropology; XVIII). Dunedin 1998.
- Charles Higham and Rachanie Thosarat: Prehistoric Thailand: from early settlement to Sukhothai . Bangkok: River Books 1998. ISBN 9748225305 .
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