| Ref ID: | 22406 |
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| Ref Type: | Book Section |
| Authors: | Pryce, Thomas Oliver Murillo-Barroso, Mercedes Bellina, Bérénice Martinón-Torres, Marcos |
| Title: | Khao Sam Kaeo - an archaeometallurgical crossroads for Trans-Asiatic technological traditions |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Source: | Metals and civilizations |
| Place of Publication: | Bangalore, India |
| Publisher: | National Institute of Advanced Studies |
| Notes: | Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on the Beginnings of the Use of Metals and Alloys (BUMA VII) |
| Abstract: | Recent archaeological investigations at Khao Sam Kaeo, on the Upper Thai-Malay Peninsula, have furnished evidence for a mid/late 1st millennium BC cultural exchange network stretching from the Indian subcontinent to Taiwan. Typological, compositional and technological study of Khao Sam Kaeos copper-base artefacts has identified three distinct copper-alloy metallurgical traditions, with reasonable analogies in South Asian, Vietnamese, and Western Han material culture. Furthermore, analyses of technical ceramic and slag suggest that Khao Sam Kaeo metalworkers may have been using a cassiterite cementation process to produce high-tin bronze ingots for export or onsite casting/forging. Not only would this industry constitute the earliest evidence for the exploitation of Peninsula tin resources, but we also offer a speculative argument for the source of Khao Sam Kaeos copper-base production technology |
| Date Created: | 4/11/2016 |
| Editors: | Srinivasam, Sharada Ranganathan, Srinivasa Giumlia-Mair, Alessandra |
| Page Start: | 33 |
| Page End: | 46 |