Thanik Lertcharnrit

Thanik Lertcharnrit (born in Khon Kaen ) is a Thai archaeologist and anthropologist .

Since 2006 he has been an associate professor at the Archaeological Faculty of Silpakorn University in Bangkok . Among other things, he gives graduate courses there on “ Basics of Monument Preservation ”, “Archaeological Method and Theory”, “ Field Archeology ”, “Quantitative Analyzes in Archeology”, “Analysis Methods of Stone Age Finds”, “ Ceramic Analyzes ” and “Research Methods in Archeology”. He has also led and directs various research projects.

Scientific career

During his studies at Silpakorn University, Thanik Lertcharnrit took part in the excavation team in 1983 as a member of the excavation of a prehistoric site in Ban Lum Khao , U-Thai Thani , Northern Thailand , under the direction of Surapol Natapintu and investigated a prehistoric site in Ban Na Lao , U-Thong , Central Thailand , led by Pornchai Suchitta . In 1984 he worked as a research assistant in the ethnoarchaeological studies of a hunter-gatherer group in Nan , Northern Thailand, under the direction of Surin Pookajorn . Also in 1985, he completed his bachelor's degree in archeology with honors.

Subsequently, Thanik Lertcharnrit worked for a short time from 1985 to 1986 as an archaeologist in the Department of Archeology of the Fine Arts Department in Bangkok and then moved - also as an archaeologist - to the Center for South Thailand Studies at the Prince of Songkla University in 1986 in Pattani , southern Thailand . As part of his activities there, from 1986 to 1990 he led the investigations in the ancient city of Yarang , Pattani. In 1993 he moved to the office of the National Culture Commission in Bangkok. In 1995 he was part of the surveying team for an archaeological survey project at the Center for Northwestern Anthropology at Washington State University in southwest Oregon (USA). In the same year he went as a lecturer at the Archaeological Faculty of Silpakorn University in Bangkok, where he has been active ever since. From 1995 to 1997 he was in charge of monument conservation research in Chiang Saen , Northern Thailand. In 1997 he graduated from Washington State University with his master's degree in archeology and anthropology. 1999 saw him as part of a further stay abroad as a member of an excavation team in Arizona (USA). In 2001 he received his PhD from Washington State University.

In 2001 Thanik Lertcharnrit was director of the Archaeological Field School in Sab Champa , Lopburi , Central Thailand, and in 2002 deputy director of the excavation of an Iron Age site in Pong Manao , also in Lopburi Province. From 2002 to 2004 he headed the research project “Late Prehistoric and Early Historical Socio-Economic Complexity in the Eastern Mountains of Central Thailand”. In 2003 he was appointed assistant professor at the Archaeological Faculty of Silpakorn University. The year 2004 also saw him as director of the Archaeological Field School of Silpakorn University at the late-prehistoric / early-historical site in Promtin Tai , again in the Lopburi province. From 2004 to 2006 he was then director of the research project "Archaeological investigation of a prehistoric settlement pattern on the eastern edge of central Thailand". In 2006 the Silpakorn University appointed him an associate professor. In addition to his teaching activities, Thanik Lertcharnrit continues to be involved in various research projects in a leading position.

Thanik Lertcharnrit is a member of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA), the Silpakorn University Alumni Association (SUAA) and the Professional Archaeologists Society of Thailand (PAST).

Awards

In 2004 Thanik Lertcharnrit received the “Good Research Award” (German roughly: “Prize for good research”) from the Research and Development Institute of Silpakorn University and in 2007 the “Outstanding New Researcher Award” (German roughly: “Price for extraordinary new Investigations ”) from the Thailand Research Fund .

Works

Monographs (selection)

• 2008: Roots of Humankind . Chulalongkorn University Press, Bangkok.
• 2007: Tracing Human Origins . Sarakadee Press, Bangkok.
• 2004: Archeology. Method and Theory . Sirindhorn Anthropology Center, Bangkok.
• 2004: Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Socio-Economic Complexity in the central Highland . Thailand Research Fund, Bangkok.
• 2003: The Past as Told by Small Old Things . Buraphasarn, Bangkok.
• 2002: A Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Ceramic Chronology for the Central Plain of Thailand . Research and Development Institute, Silpakorn University, Nakhon Pathom.
• 1997 (with Pariwat Thammapreechakorn and Krisda Pinsri): Ceramic Art in Thailand . Rung Ruang Publishing, Bangkok.
• 1993: Indigenous Artists of the Three Southern Border Provinces . Institute of Arts and Culture, Pattani.
• 1989: Folk Crafts of Southern Thailand . Chomromdek, Bangkok.
• 1988: The Ancient Town of Yarang . Center for Southern Thailand Studies, Pattani.
• 1987: Stories from Villages . Odeon Store, Bangkok
• 1987: Archaeological Investigation of the Ancient Town of Yarang . Center for Southern Thailand Studies, Pattani.

Articles in specialist journals, chapters in compilations (selection)

• 2017: Archaeological Heritage Management in Thailand . In: American Anthropologist , Vol. 119, No. 1, March 2017, pp. 134-136.
• 2013: Cultural Heritage Management in Thailand . Springer, New York.
• 2010: Archaeological Resource Management in Thailand . In Phyllis M. Messenger and George S. Smith (Eds.): Heritage Resource Management, Policies and Issues in Global Perspective , University Press of Florida, Gainesville, pp. 50-55.
• 2010: Heritage Values ​​and Meanings in Contemporary Thailand . In George S. Smith, Phyllis M. Messenger, and Hilary A. Soderland (Eds.): Heritage Values ​​in Contemporary Society . Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek (CA), pp. 279-285.
• 2010: Cultural Heritage and Large Dams in Thailand . In Fekri Hassan and Steven Brandt (eds.): Damming the Past . Lexington Books, Landam (MD)
• 2010 (with Alison Carter): Recent Research on Iron Age Stone and Glass Beads from Promtin Tai, Lopburi . Muang Boran Journal 36 (4), pp. 53-68.
• 2009: Early Clay Coins or Game Pieces? . Art and Culture 31 (1), pp. 50-55.
• 2009: Ancient Ornaments from Central Thailand . Sarakadee 25 (298), pp. 26-30.
• 2008: Trade in Antiquity. A New Face of International Crime . Sarakadee 24 (286), pp. 26-30.
• 2008 (with Santhawee Niyomsup): Public Perception and Opinion about Archeology. A Case Study in a Village of Central Thailand . Muang Boran Journal 34 (3), pp. 95-108.
• 2007: Zoomorphic Spouts from Promtin, Central Thailand . Art & Culture 28 (8), pp. 38–43, accessed on May 19, 2017
• 2006: The Moated Site of Promtin Tai and the Transition from Late Prehistory to Early History in Central Thailand . In Elisabeth Bacus, Ian Glover, and Vincent Pigott (Eds.): Uncovering Southeast Asia's Past . Singapore University Press, Singapore, pp. 257-264.
• 2006: Late Prehistory in Thailand. Recent Evidence from the Central Region . Silpakorn Journal 49 (5), pp. 16-31.
• 2006: Ancient Diseases and Health . Art & Culture 27 (8), pp. 38-41.
• 2005: Ritual and Craft Specialization . Silpakorn Journal 48 (3), pp. 5-13.
• 2004: Sab Champa Revisited. Results of Recent Archaeological Field Investigations . In Victor Paz (Ed.): Southeast Asian Archeology. Wilhelm G. Solheim II Festschrift . edited by Victor Paz, University of the Philippines Press, Quezon City, pp. 504-521.
• 2004: Late Prehistoric and Early Historic Archeology in the Central Highland of Thailand. Excavation at the Site of Sab Champa . Antiquity 78 (299).
• 2004: Foreign Trader or Local Elite? New Evidence from a Late Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand . Art & Culture 25 (9), pp. 38-41.
• 2003: Ceramic Vessels from Chaibadan, Lopburi, and the Later Prehistory of Central Thailand . Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 23, pp. 27-33.
• 2003: On Chronology-Building for Central Thailand through an Attributed-Based Ceramic Seriation . Asian Perspectives 42 (1), pp. 41-71.
• 2003 (with Chawalit Khaokhiew): Man and Stone. Raw Material Availability and Stone Tool Production Organization during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene Periods in Thailand . Silpakorn University Journal 12 (2), pp. 134-160.
• 2003: Archeology of the Marginal Area of ​​Central Thailand . Kuam Ru Kue Prateep 1/46, pp. 2-7.
• 2003: Late Prehistoric Central Thailand. Evidence from the Lower Pa Sak River Valley and the Central Highland . Muang Boran Journal 29 (2), pp. 72-87.
• 2002: Some Notes on the Recent Archaeological Excavations in the Lower Pa Sak River Valley . Silpakorn University International Journal 2 (1), pp. 119-135.
• 2002: The Chronological Order of Archaeological Sites in the Pa Sak River Valley, Central Thailand. A View from Ceramic Seriation . Silpakorn Journal 45 (3), pp. 59-75.
• 2001: (with Preeyanuch Jumprom and Anan Klinpoklab), Sab Champa 2001. Archaeological Fieldwork and Results . Muang Boran Journal 27 (3), pp. 117-133.
• 2001: The Management of Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico . Muang Boran Journal 27 (2), pp. 39-46.
• 2000: Cultural Resource Management and Archeology of Chiang Saen, Northern Thailand . Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 31 (1), pp. 137-161.
• 1999: Prehistory of Thailand. 12 years after Chin Youdi . Muang Boran Journal 25 (1), pp. 99-111.
• 1997: Who Owns the Past? A Perspective from Chiang Saen, Thailand . Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites 2 (2), pp. 81-92.
• 1996: Archaeological Resources Protection and Management in Thailand. Historical and Contemporary Perspectives . SPAFA Journal 6 (3), pp. 35-46.
• 1994: A View on a Children Museum in Paris . Museum Newsletter 7 (2), pp. 28–32.
• 1993: Museum and Public in France . Muang Boran Journal 19 (3), pp. 137-142.
• 1993: Thai-Muslim Domestic Houses . In MC Subhadradis Diskul (Ed.): Thai Houses . Office of National Identity, Nangkok, pp. 209-231.
• 1991: A Look at Museums in Germany . Art & Culture 12 (3), pp. 86-95.
• 1991: European Ceramics Found in Pattani . Art & Culture 12 (12), pp. 104-110.
• 1988 (with David J. Welch and Judith R. McNeill): Archaeological Research on the History of Pattani. Some preliminary conclusions . Journal of the Historical Society 10, pp. 159-179.
• 1987: Problems Concerning the Preservation of Ancient Monuments in the Border Provinces of Southern Thailand . Rusamilae 11 (1), pp. 44-47.
• 1987: Pattani. A Historic Town . Kuam Ru Kue Preteep January-March, pp. 13-22.
• 1986: New Data on Yarang Archaeological Site . Art & Culture 7 (12), pp. 32-35.

Web links

• Academic CV (English), on the website of the Management of Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries Program (BMCI), College of Innovation, Thammasat University

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Academic curriculum vitae ( memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), on the website of the Management of Cultural Heritage and Creative Industries Program (BMCI), College of Innovation, Thammasat University; Retrieved May 19, 2017. 
2. ↑ Official website of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association , accessed on May 19, 2017.
3. ↑ Official website of the Thailand Research and Development Institute , accessed on May 19, 2017.