Smelting in the Shadow of the Iron Mountain: Preliminary Field Investigation of the Industrial Landscape around Phnom Dek, Cambodia (Ninth to Twentieth Centuries A. D.).

The high-grade mineral ores of the Phnom Dek region in central Cambodia have long been suspected of playing a major role in the rise of Angkor, the largest medieval polity in mainland Southeast Asia. This article presents the first comprehensive study by the Industries of Angkor Project (INDAP) to d...

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Published in:	Asian Perspectives: Journal of Archeology for Asia & the Pacific Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 55 - 92
Main Authors:	HENDRICKSON, Mitch, LEROY, Stéphanie, Quan HUA, Kaseka, PHON, Vuthy, VOEUN
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Hawai'i 2017
Subjects:	Iron smelting Heterogeneity Metallurgy in archaeology Industrial sites Angkor (Extinct city)
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