Spindle Whorls from Angkor Borei, Cambodia

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Angkor Borei, Cambodia was a major center of the Funan civilization during the early first millennium CE. As with many sites in Cambodia, Angkor Borei has also been heavily looted. This poster presents our analysis of 362 ceramic spindle whorls from a looted collection undergoing repatriation to Cambodia. We compared the collection to a previously developed typology of Southeast Asian spindle whorls by Judith Cameron, but also recorded multiple unique types that have not been previously identified. This poster presents these new types, which will also serve as a baseline for future studies in Cambodia and Southeast Asia. These spindle whorls suggest that textile production was an important component of life in prehistoric Cambodia.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33376