Ref ID:	18958
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Polkinghorne, Martin Morton, Catherine Amy Roberts, Amy Popelka-Filcoff, Rachel S. Sato, Yuni Vuthy, Voeun Thammapreechakorn, Pariwat Stopic, Attila Grave, Peter Hein, Don Vitou, Leng
Title:	Consumption and exchange in Early Modern Cambodia: NAA of brown-glaze stoneware from Longvek, 15th–17th centuries
Date:	2019
Source:	PLoS One
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0216895
Abstract:	An evaluation of the geochemical characteristics of 102 storage jar sherds by k0-neutron activation analysis (k0-NAA) from archaeological contexts in Cambodia and reference samples from stoneware production centres in Thailand provides a new perspective on regional and global trade in mainland Southeast Asia. Identification of seven geochemical groups enables distinctions between production centres, and articulation of their role in trade between northern and central Thailand, South China and Cambodia. Storage jars from Thailand and South China are known in archaeological contexts worldwide because of their durability and intrinsic functional and cultural values. Evidenced by a novel application of k0-NAA, analogous stoneware sherds at Longvek connect the Cambodian capital to a global trading network. Additional proof of ceramics from an undocumented Cambodian kiln demonstrates the gradual and complex transition between the Angkorian past and the Early Modern period.
Editors:	Zerboni, Andrea
Volume:	14
Number:	5
Page Start:	1
Page End:	21