TY - JOUR
T1 - Location of a pre-Angkor capital city in relation to geomorphological features of lower reach of the Stung Sen River, central Cambodia
AU - Nagumo, Naoko
AU - Sugai, Toshihiko
AU - Kubo, Sumiko
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by a Sasagawa Scientific Research Grant from the Japan Science Society, and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Research project number 21401004). We are very grateful to Professor Takeshi Nakagawa and Dr. Ichita Shimoda of Waseda University, and to the members of the Sambor Prei Kuk Conservation Project. We also express our thanks to all of the members of the Laboratory of Natural Environmental Changes of The University of Tokyo. We also thank Chhim Sokhandara of the Royal Academy of Cambodia for helping us with our survey in Cambodia, and Director Sien Sotham, of the Department of Geology, MIME, Cambodia, and Tran Van Tuan and Soukaseum Phichit of the Mekong River Commission for providing us valuable data.
PY - 2010/9
Y1 - 2010/9
N2 - The Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site in lower reach of the Stung Sen River, central Cambodia, is the site of the capital city of the preAngkor state of Chenla. The location of Sambor Prei Kuk is discussed in relation to the geomorphological characteristics of lower reach of the Stung Sen River and the requirements of the inhabitants. The uplands were divided into upland I, which is characterized by hills, and uplands II and III, both of which have flat surfaces, with upland III lower than upland II. The present river follows a meandering course within a conspicuous meander scroll zone, and deposits along the channel are repeatedly eroded and redeposited. Back marsh areas have gradually filled with suspended flood water sediments during the last 4600 years at an accumulation rate of 0.6 mm/yr. The floodplain and lake plain were divided into five zones to evaluate the monsoonal flood risk and accessibility to upland, considering uplands distribution. Sambor Prei Kuk on upland II with the port town adjacent the river is situated on the place where water transport is feasible and the risk of monsoonal flood is low, which means the people accommodated to the highly different dry and monsoonal environment.
AB - The Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site in lower reach of the Stung Sen River, central Cambodia, is the site of the capital city of the preAngkor state of Chenla. The location of Sambor Prei Kuk is discussed in relation to the geomorphological characteristics of lower reach of the Stung Sen River and the requirements of the inhabitants. The uplands were divided into upland I, which is characterized by hills, and uplands II and III, both of which have flat surfaces, with upland III lower than upland II. The present river follows a meandering course within a conspicuous meander scroll zone, and deposits along the channel are repeatedly eroded and redeposited. Back marsh areas have gradually filled with suspended flood water sediments during the last 4600 years at an accumulation rate of 0.6 mm/yr. The floodplain and lake plain were divided into five zones to evaluate the monsoonal flood risk and accessibility to upland, considering uplands distribution. Sambor Prei Kuk on upland II with the port town adjacent the river is situated on the place where water transport is feasible and the risk of monsoonal flood is low, which means the people accommodated to the highly different dry and monsoonal environment.
KW - Cambodia
KW - Fluvial deposits
KW - Meander
KW - Monsoonal flood
KW - Sambor prei kuk
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U2 - 10.3166/ga.23.255-266
DO - 10.3166/ga.23.255-266
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951765878
SN - 0985-3111
VL - 23
SP - 255
EP - 266
JO - Revue de Geologie Dynamique et de Geographie Physique
JF - Revue de Geologie Dynamique et de Geographie Physique
IS - 5-6
ER -