Ban Chiang World Heritage
Historical-Archaeological
Archaeological Significance of Ban Chiang
The Prehistoric Culture and Society at Ban Chiang
Summary
The Conservation of Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
World Heritage Values
Site Management
Ban Chiang World Heritage
After a series of archaeological excavations in the 1960s by the Fine Arts Department of Thailand and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,Ban Chiang, a small village in Nong Han district, Udon Thani province, became famous, known in every corner of the world as a prehistoric community with agriculture, animal domestication, metallurgical expertise, and unique painted pottery, the producers of the Ban Chiang Style' cultural tradition that spread throughout the upper northeastern region of Thailand durintg the past 1,500 to 5,000 years.
Archaeological work at Ban Chiang did not end during that important series of excavations but expanded its scope of exploration to other sites in the Northeast and throughout Thailand. There was development both in data collecting techniques in the field, in forming hypotheses, and in conception and theories that inspired continued development in the academic field of Thai prehistoric archaeology to the present.
However, while Ban Chiang is somewhat representative of a prehistoric Thai community in the eyes of the world, digging and destruction of archaeological sites for antinqued to sell went on as archaeolgists continued their excavations so much so that the underground cultural heritage of Ban Chiang experienced an inestimable loss.
In 1992 Ban Chiang was granted World Cultural Heritage status according to a criterion that the World Heritage Committee deemed fitting of Ban Chiang's qualities-the third-that it should show a culture or civilisation that was once flourishing and had been lost. Therefore, it is quite ironic that Ban Chiang is as if it is once again' lost' through the threat of uncaring people of today.
Surviving illegal digging and damage, this skeleton of a prehistoric human was found in the dig at Wat Pho Si Nai.
Historical-Archaeological
Ban Chiang World Heritage
Historical-Archaeological
Archaeological Significance of Ban Chiang
The Prehistoric Culture and Society at Ban Chiang
Summary
The Conservation of Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
World Heritage Values
Site Management
Ban Chiang World Heritage
After a series of archaeological excavations in the 1960s by the Fine Arts Department of Thailand and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,Ban Chiang, a small village in Nong Han district, Udon Thani province, became famous, known in every corner of the world as a prehistoric community with agriculture, animal domestication, metallurgical expertise, and unique painted pottery, the producers of the Ban Chiang Style' cultural tradition that spread throughout the upper northeastern region of Thailand durintg the past 1,500 to 5,000 years.
Archaeological work at Ban Chiang did not end during that important series of excavations but expanded its scope of exploration to other sites in the Northeast and throughout Thailand. There was development both in data collecting techniques in the field, in forming hypotheses, and in conception and theories that inspired continued development in the academic field of Thai prehistoric archaeology to the present.
However, while Ban Chiang is somewhat representative of a prehistoric Thai community in the eyes of the world, digging and destruction of archaeological sites for antinqued to sell went on as archaeolgists continued their excavations so much so that the underground cultural heritage of Ban Chiang experienced an inestimable loss.
In 1992 Ban Chiang was granted World Cultural Heritage status according to a criterion that the World Heritage Committee deemed fitting of Ban Chiang's qualities-the third-that it should show a culture or civilisation that was once flourishing and had been lost. Therefore, it is quite ironic that Ban Chiang is as if it is once again' lost' through the threat of uncaring people of today.
Surviving illegal digging and damage, this skeleton of a prehistoric human was found in the dig at Wat Pho Si Nai.
Historical-Archaeological
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