Ref ID:	27796
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Kubo, S. Shimamoto, S. Nagumo, N. Yamagata, M. Him, S. SO, S. Chang, V. Lun, V Shimoda, I. Nakagawa, T.
Title:	Geomorphology, archaeostratigraphy, and 14C ages of Sambor Prei Kuk pre-Angkorean site, central Cambodia
Date:	2012
Source:	Bulletin of the Graduate School of Education of Waseda University
Abstract:	We conducted three trench excavations at the Sambor Prei Kuk archaeological site in Kampong Thom Province in Central Cambodia in 2008. The site is located on an upland facing the floodpain of the Stung Sen River, a major tributary of Lake Tonle Sap. The test trench was 3.5 m deep, while the other trenches dug, trenches C-1 and B-7, were approximately 2 m deep each in total, nine layers (0-VIII) were detected. On the basis of the excavated artifacts, layers 0 and I can be classified as modern layers II to IV, containing Khmer and Chinese ceramics, and Angkorean and layers V-VII, exhibiting red-painted pottery and other artifacts, Pre-Angkorean. Moreover, three 14C dates demonstrated extremely good agreement with the archaeological results: Sample No. 1 below layer VII gives a result of 6th or 7th century CE (early Pre-Angkorean) a sample from layer V (No. 3) gives 7th century (Pre-Angkorean), and a sample from layer IV (No. 2) gives Angkorean (8th-9th century). This is the first paper that applies both stratigraphy and 14C dating at the Sambor Prei Kuk Site.
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