Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volume 2B : Metals and Related Evidence from Ban Chiang, Ban Tong, Ban Phak Top, and Don Klang / Joyce C. White, Elizabeth G. Hamilton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hamilton, Elizabeth G., Editor.

White, Joyce C., Editor.

Series:

University Museum monograph ; 150.

University museum monograph ; 150

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prehistoric peoples--Thailand--Ban Chiang (Udon Thani).

Prehistoric peoples.

Metal-work, Prehistoric--Thailand--Ban Chiang (Udon Thani).

Metal-work, Prehistoric.

Ban Chiang (Udon Thani, Thailand)--Antiquities.

Ban Chiang (Udon Thani, Thailand).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The foundation of any archaeometallurgical study is study of excavated assemblages of metals and related remains. This volume presents in detail how the metals and such remains as crucibles excavated from four sites in northeast Thailand have been studied to understand the place of metal objects and technology in the ancient past of this region.In addition to typological examination, hundreds of technical analyses reveal the technological capabilities, preferences, and styles of metal artifact manufacturers in this part of Thailand. Detailed examination of contexts of recovery of metal remains employing a "life history" approach indicates that metal objects in those societies were used primarily in daily life and, only occasionally, as grave goods. The most surprising find is that casting of copper-base artifacts to final form took place at all these village sites during the metal age period, indicating a decentralized final production stage that may prove to be unusual for metal age societies. These insights are made possible by applying the methods and theories introduced in the first volume of the suite of volumes that study the metal remains from Ban Chiang in regional contest.Thai Archaeology Monograph Series, 2B; University Museum Monograph, 150

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List Of Figures

List Of Tables

Contributors

1. Introduction to the Analyses of Metals and Related Evidence from Ban Chiang, Ban Tong, Ban Phak Top, and Don Klang

2. Methods for Analysis of the Metal Artifacts

3. Classification of Metal Artifacts

4. Technical Analyses of Metal Artifacts: Results

5. Metal Product Manufacturing Evidence: Crucibles, Molds, and Slag

6. Depositional Contexts of Metals and Related Production Artifacts

7. Life History Perspectives on Metals and Related Finds

Appendix A: Supplemental Data Tables

Appendix B: Distribution Plans for Ban Chiang Non-burial Metal and Metal-related Artifacts by Site, Level, Square, and Quadrant

Appendix C: Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9781931707923

1931707928

OCLC:

1085166121