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.)

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dc.contributor.authorHendrickson, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorLeroy, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHua, Qen_AU
dc.contributor.authorKaseka, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorVuthy, Ven_AU
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-30T01:58:50Zen_AU
dc.date.available2021-07-30T01:58:50Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2017en_AU
dc.date.statistics2021-07-08en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe 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 document the extent of industrial activity in this region and test this important relationship. Using a combination of intensive field survey, surface collection, and archaeometallurgical analysis, we evaluate the temporal and spatial patterning of iron production and the heterogeneity of smelting systems. The identification of at least three different smelting traditions has a significant impact on the current view that twentieth-century Kuay smelting practices extend deep into Cambodia's history, and their relationship with Angkor in particular. More broadly, the survey demonstrates the importance of Phnom Dek as a major production zone on par with more well-known examples in Roman Europe and Africa. © 2017 by the University of Hawai‘i Pressen_AU
dc.identifier.citationHendrickson, M., Leroy, S., Hua, Q., Kaseka, P., & Vuthy, V. (2017). Smelting in the shadow of the iron mountain: Preliminary field investigation of the industrial landscape around Phnom Dek, Cambodia (ninth to twentieth centuries AD). Asian Perspectives, 56(1), 55-91. doi:10.1353/asi.2017.0002en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283en_AU
dc.identifier.issue1en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleAsian Perspectivesen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination55-91en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps:doi.org/10.1353/asi.2017.0002en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/11160en_AU
dc.identifier.volume56en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Pressen_AU
dc.subjectIronen_AU
dc.subjectMetallurgyen_AU
dc.subjectSmeltingen_AU
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_AU
dc.subjectMountainsen_AU
dc.subjectAsiaen_AU
dc.subjectCambodiaen_AU
dc.subjectMinority groupsen_AU
dc.titleSmelting in the shadow of the iron mountain: Preliminary field investigation of the industrial landscape around Phnom Dek, Cambodia (ninth to twentieth centuries A.D.)en_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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