This volume completes the series of reports on the excavationsof Ban Non Wat, Noen U-Loke and Ban Lum Khao.Table of ContentsThe Iron Age: Introduction; The Iron Age: domesticoccupation; The Iron Age occupation in layer 3; The fish remains; ThePhimai Black ceramic; Iron Age mortuary ceramics: fabriccharactarisation; Analysis and comparison of glass beads from BanNon Wat and Noen U-Loke; The spinning tools; The adult male burialsand other adults of Iron Age period 1, northern group; The adult femaleburials of Iron Age period 1, northern group; The infant burials of IronAge period 1, northern group; The female burials of Iron Age 1,southern group; The male burials of Iron Age 1, southern group; Adultburials of Iron Age period 1, southern group; The infant burials of IronAge period 1, southern group; The burials of Iron Age period 2; Theburials of Iron Age period 4; The Iron Age: synthesis; The origins ofAngkor: conclusions

The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor: Volume VI The Iron Age: Summary and Conclusions

History

Asia

Fine Arts Department of Thailand

This volume reports on the initial settlement of Ban Non Wat and represents a further step towards illuminating the prehistoric societies of the upper Mun Valley during the two millennia of cultural changes that led ultimately to the swift transition to the state as represented at Phimai and beyond, to the civilisation of Angkor. It begins by describing the mortuary sequence. One of the many surprises encountered during the excavations was the presence of burials laid out in a flexed position. This was a widespread practice of hunter-gatherers in Southeast Asia, and it is likely that a group of hunters and gatherers occupied the area and used the mound of Ban Non Wat as a cemetery. Paradoxically, the radiocarbon determinations for these are contemporary with those of the Neolithic occupation. There are two phases of Neolithic occupation, which began in the 17th century BC and ended about six centuries later. These differ on the basis of the orientation of the human graves and the nature of the mortuary offerings placed with the dead. It proceeds with a consideration of the economy and the material culture of the Neolithic inhabitants who occupied the site from the 17th to the 11th centuries BC. This is the first complete report on a Neolithic site in Southeast Asia.

The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor, Volume 4: The Excavation of Ban Non Wat. Part II: the Neolithic Occupation

Ancient Civilizations

Ban Non Wat is a large, moated prehistoric settlement in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeast Thailand. Excavations in 2002-8 revealed a cultural sequence that began with a group of hunter-gatherers, followed by 10 mortuary phases covering the Neolihtic to the Iron Age. This report describes the Bronze Age occupation of this site. The five phases of Bronze Age burials began with the transition from the late Neolithic in the late 11th century BC, and reveal the rapid rise of social elites seen in the princely graves of the second and third phases. These were followed by a sharp decline in mortuary wealth, leading directly into the early Iron Age in about 420 BC.

The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor: Volume V: the Excavation of Ban Non Wat: the Bronze Age

Ban Lum Khao is a prehistoric settlement in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, northeast Thailand. Excavations in 1995-6 revealed a cultural sequence that began in the late Neolithic, followed by three mortuary phases covering the Bronze Age. This report describes the excavation, chronology, the material culture, human remains and social structure of the prehistoric inhabitants. It is the first volume in a series reporting on the research programme "The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor".

The Origins of The Civilization of Angkor Volume 1: The Excavation of Ban Lum Khao

HIGHAM, Charles

Noen U-Loke and Non Muang Kao are two large, moated prehistoric settlements in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Northeast Thailand. Excavations in 1997-8 revealed a cultural sequence that began in the late Bronze Age, followed by four mortuary phases covering the Iron Age. This report describes the palaeoenvironment, excavation, chronology and material culture, human remains and social structure of the prehistoric inhabitants of these two sites. It is the second volume reporting on the research programme "The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor".

The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor volume 2: The Excavation of Noen U-Loke and Non Muang Kao

Ban Non Wat is the fourth major excavation undertaken as part of the project, The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor. It is a site of great importance because of its long occupation period, and the very large area opened by excavation over seven seasons of fieldwork. The site was initially occupied by hunter-gatherers, then by Neolithic rice farmers. By 1000 BC, this community began to cast bronzes, and six centuries later, the first iron was being forged. It is possible at Ban Non Wat, to follow the history of a community over a period of about 100 generations. This book describes the site's stratigraphy, chronology, and then covers the mortuary sequence and the material culture. It covers the early period of hunter-gatherers, the initial settlement by Neolithic rice farmers the princely early Bronze Age graves, with their outstanding painted ceramic vessels, and the extensive Iron Age cemetery that reveals a remarkable image of the rituals of burial, with its wooden coffins, bimetallic spears and exotic jewellery.

The Origins of the Civilisation of Angkor Volume 3: The Excavation of Ban Non Wat

Higham, Tom

Higham, C.F.W.

Kijngam, A.

Boer-Mah, T.

Cawte, H.

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