SESSION 59
The Coastal Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia
Chinnawut Winyala1, Sira Ploymuka2
1Office of Archaeology, Fine Arts Department
2Underwater Archaeology Division, Fine Arts Department
The coastlines of Southeast Asia possess extensive prehistoric and historical archaeological records. Over the past 50 years, these sites have provided significant insights into specific aspects of human socio-economic and cultural/ideological behaviour, migration, colonisation, interaction and technologies. In recent years, there has been increased focus on how Southeast Asian communities were integrated into, and accessed, the extensive maritime trading routes that developed during later prehistory and expanded in the proto-historic period. These exchange networks extended inter-continentally from East to South Asia. This session proposes to bring together practitioners who have applied a broad range of multidisciplinary (archaeological, experimental and ethnographic) backgrounds to better understand Mainland Southeast Asia’s role in transoceanic cultural exchange, and to discuss current interpretations and future research directions.
S59-1
Ban Khlong Yuan Boat: The 9th Century CE Lashed-Lug Boat of Chaiya, Surat Thani
Wongsakorn Rahothan
S59-4
Sino-Khmer Connections: Archaeological Evidence of Maritime Cultural Exchange in the Gulf of Thailand c. 1400-1700 CE
Sarah Ward, Ouk Sokha, Nancy Beavan, Veronica Walker Vadillo, Tep Sokha
S59-6
Maritime Silk Roads: The Roman World and Southeast Asia, Where are we now?
Krisztina Hoppál, Bérénice Bellina-Pryce
S59-8
Bawean Stones Fish Traps: An Invention of Past Fishing Technology in the Java Sea Area
Dwi Kurnia Sandy, Alifah Alifah, Kairil Anwar Iling, Dziyaul F. Arrozain