The Metal artifacts from the four sites (Ban Chiang, Ban Phak Top, Ban Tong, and Don Klang) were classified into nine groups: amorphous, adzes/tillers, bangles, bells, blades, flat pieces, miscellaneous, spearpoints, wire/rods. To access a searchable database of the provenience and analytical data from the metals and metal-related artifacts from the four sites, go to the searchable metals database.
Ban Chiang is…
a village/mortuary site in northern northeast Thailand, in the province of Udon Thani.
Excavated by Chet Gorman of the University of Pennsylvania Museum and Pisit Charoenwongsa of the Thai Fine Arts Department in 1974-1975, this extraordinary site was among the first to establish the existence not only of a hitherto unknown prehistoric culture, but also of a separate bronze age in Southeast Asia.
Read the Bangkok Post article…
"Dwelling on the Past: Archaeologist Joyce White talks about her passion for Southeast Asia's rich prehistory"
Dr. Joyce White discusses…
Penn's Luce Program for Asian Archaeology.