Changing Angkorian Stoneware Production Modes: Bang Kong Kiln and Thnal Mrech Kiln
Author(s): Rachna Chhay; Piphal Heng; Visoth Chhay; Yukitsugu Tabata
Year: 2018
Summary
Stoneware ceramic production began in the 9th century CE in the Angkorian core region, and its cross-draft kiln technology, paste types, and vessel forms changed during its multi-century tradition. This paper compares kiln morphology, ceramic technology and vessel form from two Angkorian kiln sites: the 9th-11th century Bang Kong site, and the 10th-12th century Thnal Mrech. The sites are located in discrete geological regions: one in the Phnom Kulen hills (Thnal Mrech), and the other on the Angkorian plain (Bang Kong). Bang Kong was one of the earliest ceramic kiln centers for green glazed and unglazed stoneware, and employed both below-ground and above-ground, and contrasts markedly with kiln technology, vessel form, and paste variability in stonewares fired at Thnal Mrech.
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Changing Angkorian Stoneware Production Modes: Bang Kong Kiln and Thnal Mrech Kiln. Rachna Chhay, Piphal Heng, Visoth Chhay, Yukitsugu Tabata. Presented at The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Washington, DC. 2018 ( tDAR id: 444429)
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Geographic Keywords
Asia: Southeast Asia
Spatial Coverage
min long: 92.549; min lat: -11.351 ; max long: 141.328; max lat: 27.372 ;
Record Identifiers
Abstract Id(s): 19931