| Notes: |
Introduction: My talk this evening will begin with a geographical context, by placing Laos on the map, including details of Xieng Khouang Province and its eight districts. Next, I will provide some quantitative data from my Database, followed by a summary of current theories on the function and age of the jars. I will then provide a brief summary of the life and work of Madeleine Colani, the only researcher, to date, to have carried out substantial archaeological fieldwork at the Plain of Jars. The next section will illustrate examples of mystery and diversity at the Plain of Jars, from buried jars to iconographic details which recall motifs in Island Southeast Asia. My preliminary conclusions will bring this talk to an end.
|
