TY - JOUR
T1 - Angkorian Khmer stoneware
T2 - production and provenance
AU - Grave, Peter
AU - Kealhofer, Lisa
AU - Stark, Miriam T.
AU - Ea, Darith
AU - Chhay, Rachna
AU - Marsh, Ben
AU - Phon, Kaseka
AU - Sugiyama, Hiroshi
AU - Tabata, Yukitsugu
AU - Sato, Yuni
AU - Keo Sovannara, Sok
AU - Chhay, Visoth
AU - Veerawan, Sutee
N1 - Funding Information:
This project involves collaboration between Cambodian, Japanese, US, French, and Australian teams under the auspices of APSARA National Authority (Angkor and environs) and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Phnom Penh and environs). We are indebted to APSARA National Authority and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia for their support of this project. For their generous assistance in the field we thank Malay So, Muong Chanraksmey, Srey Touch, Tep Sokha, Bun Sreivy, Phin Samnang, and Hannah Arnhold. We also thank Dr. Mitch Hendrickson for supplying Fig. 1 . This research was funded by the Australian Research Council (Grant DP140103194 ). We acknowledge support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science : Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (B) “Building a comprehensive historical study of the late Angkor dynasty” (Project number 26300031 ). We thank the reviewers of this manuscript for their comments, suggestions and corrections.
Funding Information:
This project involves collaboration between Cambodian, Japanese, US, French, and Australian teams under the auspices of APSARA National Authority (Angkor and environs) and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Phnom Penh and environs). We are indebted to APSARA National Authority and the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia for their support of this project. For their generous assistance in the field we thank Malay So, Muong Chanraksmey, Srey Touch, Tep Sokha, Bun Sreivy, Phin Samnang, and Hannah Arnhold. We also thank Dr. Mitch Hendrickson for supplying Fig. 1. This research was funded by the Australian Research Council (Grant DP140103194). We acknowledge support from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (B) ?Building a comprehensive historical study of the late Angkor dynasty? (Project number 26300031). We thank the reviewers of this manuscript for their comments, suggestions and corrections.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - From ∼ 900 to 1450 CE the Angkorian Khmer state extended control over much of inland Southeast Asia. This economically complex polity supported a large number and a diverse range of specialist producers across its territory. Given the limited types of textual data, our understanding of the Angkorian Khmer economy is heavily reliant on archaeological data to address key issues such as the relationship between specialist producers and the Angkorian elite. Here our focus is on the production side of this question through elemental characterization (Neutron Activation Analysis) of a large sample of high temperature ceramics - stonewares - from 15 Angkorian Khmer complexes in Cambodia and Thailand. In the majority of cases we can identify kiln-specific compositional signatures as the groundwork for the next stage of analysis: studying the consumption-side dynamics of Angkorian stoneware distribution. The study also highlights the spatial resolution of stoneware NAA possible in this context. Together, defining patterns of stoneware production, distribution and consumption will allow a new bottom-up perspective on the operation of the Angkorian Khmer political and ritual economy.
AB - From ∼ 900 to 1450 CE the Angkorian Khmer state extended control over much of inland Southeast Asia. This economically complex polity supported a large number and a diverse range of specialist producers across its territory. Given the limited types of textual data, our understanding of the Angkorian Khmer economy is heavily reliant on archaeological data to address key issues such as the relationship between specialist producers and the Angkorian elite. Here our focus is on the production side of this question through elemental characterization (Neutron Activation Analysis) of a large sample of high temperature ceramics - stonewares - from 15 Angkorian Khmer complexes in Cambodia and Thailand. In the majority of cases we can identify kiln-specific compositional signatures as the groundwork for the next stage of analysis: studying the consumption-side dynamics of Angkorian stoneware distribution. The study also highlights the spatial resolution of stoneware NAA possible in this context. Together, defining patterns of stoneware production, distribution and consumption will allow a new bottom-up perspective on the operation of the Angkorian Khmer political and ritual economy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103231
DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103231
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119125674
SN - 2352-409X
VL - 40
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
M1 - 103231
ER -