Since Boisselier and Bronson wrote, however, much
more work has been done at and around Oc Eo and at other
Funan sites in Vietnam such as Go Thap (Le Thi Lien 2006).
We can now see many differences, as well as parallels, between the material culture of Funan and western Thailand as
well as with the ceramics and other small finds from early
Champa sites in central Vietnam such as Tra Kieu (Glover et al. 1996; Prior and Glover 2003). In light of this, we do not
believe that the label “Funan” is appropriate for Thailand in
the early to mid-1st millennium and a new cultural term has to
be found that more properly reflects the development of urbanisation and early Indic cultural influences in Thailand.
Most importantly, it is clear that the material described as
Funanese by Bronson and Boisellier is not distinctively different from the later ceramics and minor finds they attribute
to Dvaravati