The Current State of Archaeological Research across Southeast Asia

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "The Current State of Archaeological Research across Southeast Asia," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

From Myanmar to Vietnam, Southeast Asia encompasses a deep history with a wide set of cultures. Over the last few decades, archaeological research in this area has experienced significant advancements in terms of theoretical approaches, methodological developments, and archaeological discoveries. New and continuing scholars and field projects have been substantially contributing to an evolving archaeological dataset. In an endeavor to present the rapidly changing state of archaeological discourse, a collection of scholars will discuss the progression and findings of research within their areas of interest. In this fashion, a diversity of topics will be presented from recent archaeological fieldwork throughout Southeast Asia. This will also assist in a continued effort to encourage a flourishing community of developing and established scholars.

Other Keywords
Urbanism • Digital Archaeology: GIS • Settlement patterns • Historic • Political economy • Trade and exchange • Ceramic Analysis • Craft Production • Material Culture and Technology • Zooarchaeology

Geographic Keywords
Republic of Indonesia (Country) • Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (Country) • Kingdom of Thailand (Country) • Kingdom of Cambodia (Country) • Republic of Singapore (Country) • Republic of Palau (Country) • Territory of Christmas Island (Country) • Republic of the Philippines (Country) • Malaysia (Country) • Negara Brunei Darussalam (Country)

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  1. Ancient Inscriptions and Climate Change: A Study of Water Management at the Ancient Capital of Bagan, Myanmar (2021)
  2. Angkor from the Outside In: Household Archaeology in Battambang, Cambodia (2019)
  3. Angkor from the Outside In: Incorporation into the Angkorian State as Seen through the Distribution of Stoneware Ceramics (2021)
  4. Between Angkor and Champa: Political Economy of the Buffer Zone (2019)
  5. Confirming the Subtropical Paleoecology of Yahuai Cave in Guangxi, China, at 120 Kya through the Taphonomic Analysis of Rodent Remains (2023)
  6. The Current State of Settlement Archaeology in the Study of Southeast Asia’s Preindustrial State Formations: The Critical Appraisal of a Scholarly Interloper (2023)
  7. Diachronic Modeling of the Population within the Greater Angkor Settlement Complex (2021)
  8. Diachronic Spatial Organization in Greater Angkor, Seventh to Fifteenth Centuries CE (2023)
  9. Drone-Imagery Sub Project in Hoa Lu, Ancient Capital of Vietnam (2024)
  10. Early Maritime Interaction Networks in the South China Sea: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2024)
  11. Emerging Epicenters and Complementary Centralized and Decentralized Water Management Strategies at Medieval Angkor, Cambodia (2019)
  12. An Ethnoarchaeology Study of Water Rituals at Bagan, Myanmar (2019)
  13. Fauna from Funan: An Examination of Human-Animal Relationships at Angkor Borei, Cambodia (500 BCE–500 CE) (2024)
  14. Glass Beads along the Early Maritime Silk Route: A View from Southeast China (2023)
  15. The Heterarchical Life and Spatial Analyses of Historical Buddhist Temples in the Chiang Saen Basin, Northern Thailand (2023)
  16. Increasing Returns to Agricultural Intensification at Angkor, Cambodia (2021)
  17. Interaction, Change, and Ceramic Variation along Coastal Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, AD 100-1500 (2019)
  18. An Introduction to the Comparative Urban Traditions Project, with Emphasis on the East and Southeast Asian Case Studies (2024)
  19. Iron Scales: Reconstructing the History and Organization of Angkorian Iron Smelting around Phnom Dek, Cambodia (Ninth to Fifteenth Centuries CE) (2021)
  20. Kilns, Chiefs, and Trade: Precolonial Tradeware from the Philippines and Fujian examined through LA-ICP-MS (2019)
  21. A Metallurgical Study of Early Bronzes from Northern Vietnam: Some Thoughts on Methodology, Local Practices and Inter-regional Interaction (2019)
  22. Middle Mekong Archaeological Project: Overview and New Data (2021)
  23. A Morphological Analysis of Sandstone Temples in the Provinces of the Angkorian Khmer Empire (2019)
  24. New Perspectives on the Demise of Angkor (2021)
  25. The Past inside the Present: Interpreting Archaeological Evidence of Weaving in Mainland Southeast Asia in the Light of Present-Day Textile Making Traditions (2021)
  26. The Power of Pyrotechnologies: Ceramic, Iron, and Bronze in the Rise of the Angkorian Khmer Empire, Cambodia (Ninth to Fourteenth Centuries CE) (2023)
  27. The Raja Ampat Project (2024)
  28. Regional Analysis and Monumentality in Southeast Asia: Case Studies from Cambodia and Indonesia (2021)
  29. Searching for Bagan’s Peri-Urban Neighborhoods: Some Initial Results (2021)
  30. Searching for Settlement at the Dai Co Viet Capital of Hoa Lu, Vietnam (2024)
  31. Settlement Archaeology at the “Classical” Burmese (Bama) Capital of Bagan, Myanmar (Eleventh to Fourteenth Centuries CE): Theory, Method, Application, and Preliminary Outcomes (2023)
  32. The Temples of the Classical Kingdom of Bagan, Myanmar: The Bundling of Royalty, Religion, and People (2019)
  33. Theravada Buddhist Monastic Activity at Angkor: A Discussion of What, Where, and When (2021)
  34. Towards an Integrated Socio-ecological History for Residential Patterning, Agricultural Practices, and Water Management at the Classical Burmese (Bama) Capital of Bagan, Myanmar (11th to 14th Centuries CE) (2019)
  35. Urban Life Histories, Long-Term Angkorian Urbanism, and the Kok Phnov Site (2021)
  36. Water Management in the Land of the Terribly Hot: A Hydrological Study of the Bagan Settlement Zone (2019)
  37. Why Stop Smelting Here? Using the History of a Slag Concentration to Understand Variability in Angkorian Iron Production Sites in the Phnom Dek Metallurgical Landscape, Cambodia (2024)