Ref ID:	31233
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Chang, Nigel J. Voelker, Judy
Title:	Wash and wear, disposable and cheap: ceramic bangles as everyday personal ornaments NOT for symbolic use
Date:	2003
Source:	Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Notes:	Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Taipei, Taiwan 9 to 15 September 2002.
Abstract:	Fragments of what appear to be clay bangles are regularly found in Bronze and Iron Age sites in Central and Northeast Thailand. Fragments of what appear to be clay bangles are regularly found in Bronze and Iron Age sites in central and northeast Thailand these are generally multi-component sites that include mortuary dimensions. Graves are often dug from, into or between occupation deposits and it is from these contexts that the clay bangle fragments are usually recovered. No clay bangles have been found complete and any found within graves were almost certainly accidental inclusions. In contrast, bangles of shell, marble, nephrite, copper-alloy and iron are all common grave goods. In this paper probably clay bangles from Noen U-Loke in Northeast Thailand and Non Pa Wai in central Thailand are discussed. The basic questions considered are (1) what is the relationship between fired clay bangles to those made of other materials and (2) what does this relationship tell us about the living communities in prehistoric Thailand?
Date Created:	3/17/2004
Volume:	23
Page Start:	19
Page End:	26