Ref ID:	37764
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Chuimei, Ho Caroenwongsa, Pisit Bronson, Bennet Srisuchat, Amara Srisuchat, Tharapong
Title:	Newly Identified Chinese Ceramic Wares from Ninth Century Trading Ports in Southern Thailand
Date:	1990
Source:	SPAFA Digest
Publisher:	SEAMEO Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA)
Abstract:	The sites of Ko Kho Khao and Laem Pho in Southern Thailand date to the ninth century AD. They contain very large amounts of Chinese porcelain of that period: perhaps more than any other site in Southeast Asia. Ko Kho Khao is near Takuapa on the west coast of the Thai Isthmus. Laem Pho is on the east coast near Chaiya. Both sites are thought to have been major entrepots on the main international trade route between China and the Middle East, which for at least several decades between 800 and 900 A.D. seem to have run across the Isthmus rather than through the Straits of Malacca to the south.
Volume:	11
Number:	3
Page Start:	12
Page End:	17