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- Convenor:
-
Bérénice Bellina-Pryce
(C.N.R.S (National Centre for Scientific Research))
- Location:
- in the hall of bâtiment B
- Start time:
- 6 July, 2015 at
Time zone: Europe/Paris
- Session slots:
- 3
Short Abstract:
The poster session invites students and scholars to present their research from the field of Southeast Asian archaeology, including prehistory and early history, ethnoarchaeology, art history, epigraphy and philology in visually appealing and conclusive posters.
Long Abstract:
Contributors of posters should be present at the posters's display (at times to be announced) in order to give further information and to receive feedback in discussions with colleagues.
It is strongly suggested to keep the word count as low as 1000 words to achieve best readability. The focus should lie on the visualisation of the presented work and its results. The posters should be no larger than A2.
Accepted papers:
Session 1Paper short abstract:
This research focuses on Mindoro as a potential stepping stone for early human migration into the isolated islands of the main Philippine Archipelago. This poster presents the results and current state of research on the excavations of Bubog 1 and 2 rockshelters on Ilin Island, Mindoro Occidental
Paper long abstract:
The recently discovered human remains from Callao Cave, northern Luzon, Philippines securely date the migration of hominins into the Philippines to ca. 70,000 years ago. The direct route to reach Luzon from the Asian mainland is via Palawan and through Mindoro. Our project searches for evidence for early human occupation in Mindoro and connections between the two biogeographic regions of Sundaland and the Wallacean islands of the Philippines. Mindoro acted hereby as a potential stepping stone into the main Philippine Archipelago. While Palawan and Luzon have already produced evidence for early human occupation, no systematic research on Mindoro's prehistory has been conducted until very recently.
We report on archaeological investigations at the Bubog rockshelter sites on the island of Ilin just off the coast of SW-Mindoro. The excavations produced evidence of stratified sequences of human habitation at the sites in the form of dense shell middens that date to 11kya onwards. They provide direct evidence on how variability in landscape formation, sealevels, and landmass during the terminal Pleistocene and early Holocene influenced the behaviour of human populations. Numerous mollusc species were recorded, together with remains of marine and terrestrial vertebrate faunas. Provisional results indicate variations in the invertebrate faunas throughout the stratigraphy, resulting from sealevel rise and establishment of coral reefs between Ilin and Mindoro at the end of the Pleistocene. Our results contribute substantially to our understanding of human island adaptation, complement research into Island Southeast Asia's paleogeography, and enhance current knowledge of prehistoric subsistence strategies across the region.
Paper short abstract:
Evidence for food production from the Khok Charoen Neolithic burials includes ante mortem tooth loss, dental caries and maleruption of the molars. Khok Charoen aligns with other Southeast Asian Neolithic sites where agriculture can be inferred but only from bioarchaeological analysis of the skeletal remains.
Paper long abstract:
The late Neolithic burials at Khok Charoen, Central Thailand have a direct bone date of 2853+33 BP. The 36 individuals identified by the late Sood Sangvichien and by the author present a young age profile (31% aged 6 years or less at death, 8% aged 12-17 years and 61% adults). Evidence for an agricultural component in the subsistence economy has not been published but is indicated by the oral pathology observed on the burials. Ante mortem tooth loss was recorded on seven of 11 adult individuals, increasing in incidence with progressive age. Dental caries, usually at a mild stage of development, was recorded on five of eight recorded individuals, including one teenager. Two of the ten adults with at least half of their dentition intact exhibited maleruption of the molars. In addition, betelnut staining was evident on two of the seven recorded adults. Khok Charoen aligns with various other Neolithic sites in Mainland Southeast Asia where some degree of agriculture can be inferred but only from bio-archaeological analysis of the skeletal remains. This observation suggests that bio-archaeology may be more sensitive to registering low levels of food production than other lines of archaeological enquiry.
Paper short abstract:
This poster aims to highlight the preliminary results of the survey carried out by Archaeological Institute of Banjarmasin (Balai Arkeologi) in the karstic region of the Meratus mountains in South Borneo (South Kalimantan province, Indonesia).
Paper long abstract:
Since 1995 and the excavations at Gua Babi and Gua Tangkorak (1995-1999), the Archaeological Institute of Banjarmasin (Indonesia) has undertaken extensive archaeological surveys in the Meratus mountains range of South Borneo (South Kalimantan province, Indonesia). Human prehistory in this area is poorly documented and understood, mainly due to exploration difficulties in this karstic region. Twenty years of surveys have led to the discovery of tens of caves and shelters, some with rock art paintings and burials dating back to at least the early Holocene. Archaeological data are sufficient to start a preliminary comparison of the archaeological findings in the different regions of the Meratus mountains.
This poster aims to highlight the preliminary results of the archaeological surveys of the kartsic region of the Meratus mountains in South Borneo.
Paper short abstract:
The Song and Yuan dynasty export ware found at Angkor. The similarities in the ceramic traditions of the Khmer and Chinese empires are important in understanding cross-cultural exchange during the Angkorian period.
Paper long abstract:
Similarities in the ceramic traditions of the Khmer and Chinese ceramic industries during the Angkorian period is important in understanding cultural exchanges between political entities in mainland Southeast Asia and China. At archaeological sites in the Angkor region, it is common to find Song and Yaun ceramics in association with Khmer ceramics and with other trade wares. Song ceramics, found at Angkor (dating from 10th to late 14th century), indicated important relationships between Khmer and Chinese ceramics in the everyday life of Khmer people inside and outside of the city. This paper undertakes a comparative study of ceramics used by the ancient Khmer from excavation trench layer with settlement mound of people live and examined quantities and chronology of ceramics. For an understanding of the contribution and commerce of Chinese ceramics used at Angkor region. This comparative study presents a quantitative and diachronic analysis of ceramics retrieved from excavated contexts and surface collections from ancient settlement mounds.
Paper short abstract:
Tabon Cave is a key site for understanding early modern human dispersals in Southeast Asia. While palaeoenvironmental reconstruction is complicated by the scarcity of traditional proxies, the rich guano deposits promise to shed light on the early relationship between man and nature in the region.
Paper long abstract:
Tabon Cave (Palawan, Philippines) is a key piece in the puzzle that is the story of early modern human dispersals in Southeast Asia, having delivered Homo sapiens remains that date back to at least around 35,000 years ago. The study of its palaeoenvironment would contribute towards understanding how early modern humans in tropical contexts interacted with their surroundings. Nevertheless, the relative scarcity of traditional palaeoenvironmental proxies in the site, such as bones, pollen, and shells, complicates efforts. A feature in which the site is relatively rich, however, is stratified guano deposits in various stages of alteration. The authigenic phosphate minerals that characterise these layers are known to form according to certain chemical parameters that are linked to environmental conditions. In this study, we propose a preliminary approach to palaeoenvironmental reconstruction in Tabon Cave based on mineralogical characterisation and stable isotope analysis of its guano-derived phosphate deposits. The results are expected to shed further light on the complex relationship between the history of Tabon Cave and its occupants, using a specific approach that is innovative for Pleistocene sites in Southeast Asia.
Paper short abstract:
The reviews stonewares recovered from five excavated Khmer kilns offer insights on Khmer stoneware production. The technical study of stoneware kilns allows us to understand how and when Khmer potters developed this stoneware technological tradition.
Paper long abstract:
The early 9th to late 12th century in Central Angkorian empire had developed their traditional ceramic production, which know as Kulen green glazed stoneware. Potter distributed their goods throughout the Khmer empire according to the chronological demanding from time to time. By study the basic characteristics distinguish stoneware assemblages from each kiln in Greater Angkor: a range of vessel shapes produced with in their decoration and their glazing technique, had contributed better understanding of Khmer stoneware through time. This poster will focus on chronological ceramic production. Base on the vessel forms and their decorations.
Paper short abstract:
This poster presents the results of the organic residue analysis of modern pottery samples used for experimental cooking of several food sources in Southeast Asia and their implications as comparative reference materials to track plants and animals in archaeological pottery from the region.
Paper long abstract:
For more comprehensive account of the early history of plants and animals in Southeast Asia, we should extend from their origins, dispersal, and acquisition to their roles in foodways as well as to other quotidian and ritualistic activities during the past by tracking their micro (e.g., phytoliths, pollen, starches, small bones, and scales) and molecular (e.g., lipids, proteins, and alkaloids) remains in material culture (e.g., lithic blades, pottery vessels, ceramic stoves, and grindstones). This research focuses on tracking the plant and animal food sources in archaeological pottery from Southeast Asia, where organic residue analysis on sampled pottery vessels is being done to identify their former food contents and elucidate past culinary practices. In order to interpret the organic chemical data from archaeological pottery, a comparative reference collection from modern materials is being constructed. Part of this reference collection are the contemporary earthenware pottery vessels used for the experimental cooking of several important food sources in Southeast Asia, namely, pig, chicken, rice, millet, freshwater and marine fishes, coconut, and swamp cabbage. This poster then presents an overview of the results of the organic residue analysis of these experimental pottery samples using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and their archaeological implications.
Paper short abstract:
Pre-Angkorian lintel imagery showing Indrā on Airāvata and two horse-riders on a makara-arch is interpreted using Brahmanical texts attested epigraphically and comparisons to South Asian art. It is suggested it expresses a relationship between kingship and the powers controlling the monsoon.
Paper long abstract:
A relatively common composition on pre-Angkorian 'decorative' lintels of 7th-century Khmer temples shows a central elephant with rider flanked by two horse-riders, each in 'medallions' arrayed along a makara-disgorged arch from which hang garlands and flowers. The composition is not known outside pre-Angkorian contexts, and has not previously been analysed in detail. While the elephant-rider is widely recognised as Indrā riding Airāvata, there is no consensus on the horse-riders' identity. They are thought to be either Aśvins or Maruts, both being minor Brahmanical deities of Vedic origin. This poster seeks to demonstrate a Marut identity using contemporary epigraphy, which refers to the deities and also names some of the texts in which they appear as being present in 7th-century Khmer society. This identification is key to appreciating the composition's wider symbolism, which has previously been characterised in general terms as relating to themes of kingship, rainstorms or the eastern cardinal direction. Using the Marut identification alongside an iconographic study comparing the remaining compositional components to South Asian art, combined imagery of the monsoon and kingship is proposed. As such, the lintel composition may articulate something of the relationship between pre-Angkorian kingship and the powers controlling the monsoon, perhaps mediated by the central deity of these temples, ordinarily Śiva.
Paper short abstract:
Defining the organization of craft production in ancient states provides an important tool for studying variation in political and economic control through time. This study focuses on the Angkorian state to compare frequencies of Khmer stoneware vessel forms in kilns from two production sites.
Paper long abstract:
Defining the organization of craft production in ancient states provides an important tool for studying variation in political and economic control through time. Little previous research in mainland Southeast Asia has focused on the organization of ceramic production, in contrast to resarch on earthenware production in the Philippines by Junker, Bacus, Niziolek, and others. White and Pigott (1996) documented a trend toward economic intensification and village-based specialization in prehistoric Thailand during the Iron Age. No evidence linked this specialized production to elite control in a context of growing social and political stratification in the last first millennium BCE.
Recent research on Angkorian-period economic patterns suggests varying patterns of production organization. Little is known about the organization of Khmer stoneware production. This study compares frequencies of Khmer stoneware vessel forms from two excavated, 11th-12th century CE Khmer stoneware kiln sites: Thnal Mrech and Thmor Chul. Thnal Mrech and Thmor Chul produced green-glazed stoneware, known as Kulen ware, and unglazed stoneware. Both sites are located to the northeast of the Greater Angkor region. The goal of this research is to first identify the range of vessel forms and the most common vessel type produced at each site. We will then compare the frequencies of different vessel forms recovered from each kiln site to determine whether potters specialized in particular vessel types by community, or whether potters produced the same suite of vessel forms. The results will contribute to a better understanding of ceramic production patterns during the Angkor period.
Paper short abstract:
In the Angkor area several Japanese Institutes continue their research work for long years. But it is difficult to share the information inter-Institutionally. So we began to make the complete inventory of the results of the research work by the Japanese teams.
Paper long abstract:
In the Angkor area, where exist so many archaeological sites and monuments, some are very large-scaled, many institutions have been operating their research, conservation and restoration works since many years. Among the Japanese Institutions, several Institutes continue their activities that produce huge results. They publish their own results but they have so much fundamental drawings, photos etc. which have many varieties. We must admit that it is pretty difficult to share the information inter-Institutionally. That is the reason why we began to make the complete inventory of our results of the research work, and to digitize them for the effective use. Simultaneously we make the database of photos and study to control the retrieval terms using the context analysis. Also we arrange the terms in the reports. This work brings us to the comprehensive list of the results by the Japanese relevant organizations in the Angkor area since the beginning of the study. To achieve the cooperative inter-institutional relationship is useful not only for the further research but also for the long term conservation of the documents.
Paper short abstract:
This poster will present the preliminary results relating to Holocene human burials that have been discovered in a rock-shelter of East Kalimantan (Indonesia).
Paper long abstract:
The Mission archéologique franco-indonésienne à Bornéo has conducted several test-pits in caves and rock-shelters located in karst areas of East Kalimantan (Indonesia), a region where prehistoric human occupations are poorly documented. During the survey of the site of Liang Jon (Marang river area), an individual human burial and a secondary deposit of human bones have been discovered. The individual burial is a primary inhumation of a young adult in an extended position, from which some bones have been removed after the decay of the body. The secondary deposit was mainly composed of human skull fragments, some of them showing evidence of anthropic modifications. Due to the absence of collagen, radiocarbon dating was performed on bioapatite, giving a minimum age of c. 2500 BP for the primary inhumation and c. 5500 BP for the secondary deposit. Few prehistoric burials being known in the eastern part of Borneo, these discoveries are an important contribution to the knowledge of ancient mortuary practices in this geographic area.