Ref ID:	25665
Ref Type:	Book Section in a Series
Authors:	White, Joyce C. Bouasisengpaseuth, Bounheuang
Title:	Archaeology of the Middle Mekong: introduction to the Luang Prabang province exploratory survey
Date:	2008
Source:	Recherches nouvelles sur le Laos
Place of Publication:	Paris
Publisher:	École française d'Extrême-Orient
Notes:	Alternate title: New research on Laos
Abstract:	The first objective of this paper is to present the potential of Northern Laos for archaeological research on human prehistory. This region could be key to understanding many of the formative developments of mainland Southeast Asian societies including the origin of upland and lowland agricultural systems, and the first appearance of metallurgy. The second objective is to briefly present the design and preliminary results of an exploratory archaeological survey in Luang Prabang province, March-April 2005. This rapid survey, conducted by the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project, aimed to provide an initial assessment of the potential of Luang Prabang province for further archaeological research into the middle Holocene, the period during which many of mainland Southeast Asia's characteristic attributes emerged.
Date Created:	9/23/2008
Editors:	Goudineau, Yves Lorrillard, Michel
Volume:	18
Page Start:	37
Page End:	52
Series Title:	Études thématiques