| Ref ID: | 22251 |
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| Ref Type: | Book Section |
| Authors: | Hudson, Bob Gutman, Pamela |
| Title: | The 19th century fortified villages of Myanmar's Kabaw and Kale Valleys |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Source: | Advancing Southeast Asian Archaeology 2016 |
| Place of Publication: | Bangkok |
| Publisher: | SEAMEO SPAFA Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts |
| Abstract: | Several villages in the Kabaw/Kale valley system, on Myanmars border with India, are surrounded by earth banks and deep ditches. These are the remains of stockades that were used in the 19th century in an attempt to keep out marauding Chin tribesmen. They stand as evidence of a local conflict that was only resolved after a major military effort by the British colonial authorities to pacify the Chin. The archaeological remnants of the stockades provide an opportunity to reflect on a period of Myanmar history when the lowland inhabitants tried to survive on a truly wild frontier. |
| Date Created: | 4/4/2018 |
| Editors: | Tan, Noel Hidalgo |
| Page Start: | 113 |
| Page End: | 117 |