Prehistoric
Civilisation of Southeast Asia
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Ban Chiang in my opinion before visiting, it was about ancient jars. There was nothing more interesting than that. Information usually provided a red-painted pottery is placed alone in the museum.
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discovery that exceeds expectations
In
fact Ban Chiang Archaeological Site is one of the important discoveries in
Southeast Asia. It's over 5,000 years old and shows the evolution of humans in
this region has its own culture. Challenge the earlier belief that we only
embraced the idea of faith, religion, art, science and culture from the cradle
of civilisation like India, China or Europe.
Prehistoric people of Ban Chiang own their social beliefs
and art. Pottery is related to the faith after death not for use in everyday
life, seen from the jars are no signs of cooking and found in the tombs.
Archeologists also found bronze and iron that made up their own community in
the form of bracelets, rings, axes, spears and blades.
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It’s divided into three periods as follow: Early, Middle and
Late.
Graves contains the pottery of all generations. Each
generation has the appearance of pottery and placement varies. Visitors will
learn about the nature of the pattern, the shapes of pottery, together with the
evolution of people and communities that really attractive.
Apart from the excavated pit and
pottery, the history of archaeological site is also interesting. It was
discovered accidentally by a Harvard University student who was doing
anthropology research at Ban Chiang. There are also the story of the
archaeological survey, the illegally excavation and bring it back, and the
mystery of who possesses without properly.
Ban Chiang visit for those
interested in archeology and ancient civilisations may take a bit more time. To
explore the outdoor museum at Wat Pho Si Nai excavation pit follow by the visit
of Ban Chiang National Museum. One of the museum, you probably plan to
spend at least 2-4 hrs.
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