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    Excavating among the megaliths: recent research at the ‘Plain of Jars’ site 1 in Laos

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    Shewan, L
    Date
    2019
    Source Title
    Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology
    Publisher
    Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Shewan, Louise
    Affiliation
    School of Earth Sciences
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    Document Type
    Journal Article
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    Shewan, L. (2019). Excavating among the megaliths: recent research at the ‘Plain of Jars’ site 1 in Laos. Antiquity, 93 (370), pp.970-989. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.102.
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    Open Access
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/258635
    DOI
    10.15184/aqy.2019.102
    ARC Grant code
    ARC/DP150101164
    Abstract
    The date and significance of the megalithic jar sites of central Laos are comparatively poorly understood features of the Southeast Asian archaeological landscape. First explored systematically in the 1930s, only limited research on these sites has been undertaken since. This article presents the recent excavations at Ban Ang - or site 1 - a megalithic jar site of nearly 400 jars, located in Xieng Khouang Province. The results confirm the findings of earlier research, but additionally reveal a range of mortuary practices, high rates of infant and child mortality, and new evidence dating these interments to the ninth to thirteenth centuries AD.

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