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Written by OUM Boramey
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Friday, 16 October 2009 01:29 |
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The Badeum site is located along the bank of the Sesan River in Badeum village, Samkhoy commune, Sesan district, Steung Treng province, Cambodia. Steung Treng is considered to be an ancient center of the Chenla state during the 7th-8th century AD (Coedès 1964: 128), and is an important region leading up to the appearance of the Angkorian empire which ruled most of mainland Southeast Asia between the 9th-14th centuries AD. In addition to the Khmer, twelve ethnic groups reside in the province, including Lao, Cham, Sino-Khmer, Kring, Tum Pourn, Prao, Phnorng, Charay, Lon, Kavet, Kuy, and Vietnamese.
The Lao live mostly along Khmer-Lao border and along the banks of the Mekong, Sesan and Sre Pork rivers. Also by the Lao border, in Siem Pang District, are the Lon, Tum Pourn, Kavet, and Charay. The Kuy lives mainly west of the Mekong River in Thalaborivat District. The Prao, Kring, and Phnong live east of the Sesan River in Sesan District. Khmer, Sino-Khmer, Cham, and Vietnamese live along the Sekong and Mekong Rivers in Stung Treng, Thalaborivat, Siem Bok, and Sesan Districts.
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2009 01:46 |
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Written by Kaseka Phon
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 08:30 |
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In Cambodia, in depth research on ancient kiln sites and Khmer ceramics has only relatively recently commenced. The Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute has been working since 1996 with the APSARA authority and other international agencies, notably the Sophia International Angkor Mission, to research ancient kiln sites in the Angkor of Siem Reap province.
A new discovery of an ancient kiln site at Chœung Ek, 5 km south of Phnom Penh, so impressed the author that he chose to write a thesis on “Ancient kiln site at Chœung Ek”. At the time, the site was not technically surveyed and some kilns were in a very serious condition due to local people farming and building in the area. Ethnic Sino Khmer also uses this site as a cemetery. Research on this topic basically depends on archeological methodology of surface shard collection. Ethno-archeological methodology is also included. There is earlier researche on the Chœung Ek site. G. Cœdès translated a text from the inscriptionK426 found at Wat Chœung Ek. H. Parmentier surveyed styles of architectural elements of a Khmer temple at the same site.
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2009 02:57 |
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Written by Chhum Ratana
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Thursday, 15 October 2009 09:09 |
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Trapeang Run is a single tower temple situated near three trapeangs and two dikes. The villagers who live around the site use the water infrastructure for cultivation of local crops.
The temple is located in Trapang Run village, Reusey Lok commune, Chikreng district, Siem Reap province. A village road was built close to the temple and it is approximately 6.5 km distant from National Road Number 6.
Trapeang Run temple is mainly constructed of brick. All of the architectural elements, including the temple basement, column, false doors, and lintels are made of brick. All of the female guardian figures are also carved into the brick walls of the temple. The only employed sandstone used in the temple is found in the east doorframe and below the lintels of the three false doors.
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Last Updated on Friday, 16 October 2009 02:02 |
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Written by Trang Kyphuong
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009 02:59 |
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Summary:
The Khmer and Cham kingdoms created great monuments acknowledged as part of the world’s cultural heritage. Sites and research suffered severely during the Indochina Wars. Since peace came in 1990, young citizens of Vietnam, Lao, and Cambodia have acquired basic archaeological training. Whereas historical sources tend to stress conflicts, archaeological remains suggest that people have a tendency to create networks of communication through which ideas, people, and goods flow. A view of long-term trends presents a much more optimistic image of the past, in which people from different regions of Mainland Southeast Asia stimulated one another to produce works of art of great beauty, and prosperous trading relations.
The growth of great kingdoms in this region cannot be obtained through research which is confined by national boundaries. We therefore propose a regional archaeological study of northeast Cambodia, southern Lao, and central Vietnam. This project will contribute not only to the understanding of the histories of the Khmer and Cham kingdoms; it also aspires to investigate the nature of interaction across borders and frontiers in early Southeast Asia, and to improve the capabilities of local and regional institutions (educational and research institutions in particular). It also aims to create a framework for regular communication and collaboration between archaeologists in Mainland Southeast Asia. The ultimate, long term objective of this endeavor is to contribute to the writing of a common ancient history of the Mekong region.
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Last Updated on Friday, 23 October 2009 01:41 |
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