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The chronology of the Iron Age ‘moats’ of northeast Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

R. J. McGrath  and
W. E. Boyd
R. J. McGrath
Affiliation:
Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia.
W. E. Boyd
Affiliation:
Southern Cross University, PO Box 157, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia.
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This paper reports the first chronometric study of the ‘moats’ of the abundant mounded Iron Age sites of northeast Thailand. Here AMS 14C dates and TL dates are reported which indicate that the moats date from a short period in the Mid to Late Iron Age, before being infilled. The dates also contain preliminary evidence for the chronology of landscape change, which is critical to the understanding of the Iron Age occupation of this region.

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Iron agechronologythermoluminescenceradiocarbon datingAMSMun Rivernortheast ThailandSoutheast Asiamoat
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Antiquity , Volume 75 , Issue 288 , June 2001 , pp. 349 - 360
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2001

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