The Industry of Empire: Investigating the Spatial and Technological Organization of Angkorian Iron Production around Phnom Dek, Cambodia
Author(s): Mitch Hendrickson; Stephanie Leroy; Enrique Vega; Quan Hua; Philippe Dillmann
Year: 2017
Summary
Intensive surveys around Phnom Dek, the ‘Iron Mountain’, in central Cambodia have revealed the presence of a massive iron production landscape dating between the 9th and 20th centuries. Using a combination of site morphology, spatial distribution, field pXRF analysis and in-slag radiocarbon datin,g this paper attempts to reconstruct these industrial-scale iron smelting practices with particular emphasis on the Angkorian period (9th to 13th c.). The results will inform on the localized technological systems at work around Phnom Dek and contribute to the broader question of how iron enabled the expansion of Angkor across medieval mainland Southeast Asia
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The Industry of Empire: Investigating the Spatial and Technological Organization of Angkorian Iron Production around Phnom Dek, Cambodia. Mitch Hendrickson, Stephanie Leroy, Enrique Vega, Quan Hua, Philippe Dillmann. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Vancouver, British Columbia. 2017 ( tDAR id: 431304)
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Keywords
General
Angkor
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Iron metallurgy
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Production
Geographic Keywords
East/Southeast Asia
Spatial Coverage
min long: 66.885; min lat: -8.928 ; max long: 147.568; max lat: 54.059 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 14664