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The Power of Pyrotechnologies: Ceramic, Iron, and Bronze in the Rise of the Angkorian Khmer Empire, Cambodia (Ninth to Fourteenth Centuries CE) (2023)
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This is an abstract from the "The Current State of Archaeological Research across Southeast Asia" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Crafting with fire is a central feature in the expansion of premodern states. In mainland Southeast Asia, the Angkorian Khmer (ninth to fourteenth centuries CE) possessed a unique mastery of three types of pyrotechnological production: stoneware ceramics, copper-base alloys, and iron. While the products of each craft...