A brief history of Angkor’s iron: reconstructing multi-scalar chronologies in the Phnom Dek metallurgical landscape, Cambodia

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dc.contributor.authorHendrickson, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorHua, Qen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCai, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorTauxe, Len_AU
dc.contributor.authorLeroy, Sen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPhon, Ken_AU
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-20T03:47:44Zen_AU
dc.date.available2023-01-20T03:47:44Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2021-11-17en_AU
dc.date.statistics2022-06-10en_AU
dc.description.abstractIron was an essential commodity in the rise of Angkor, the largest and most influential state in mainland Southeast Asia between the 9th to 13th centuries. Multidisciplinary research around Phnom Dek in northern Cambodia revealed an extensive metallurgical landscape spanning over 1300 years of production activity and a dramatic increase in the scale of smelting correlating with the expansion of the Khmer Empire. Extensive AMS radiocarbon dating of in-slag charcoals from across the Phnom Dek region and materials recovered from furnaces and occupation at the site of Tonle Bak are used here to reconstruct the multi-scalar chronologies of production (furnace, mound, site, region) during this important time in Southeast Asian history. By integrating geomagnetic intensity data from furnace bases, we demonstrate that it is possible to identify temporal differences between ‘contemporary’ smelting sites within a single mound. At the scale of the slag mound and site we posit that the terminal use relates to ritual while the regional pattern indicates the Khmer state’s desire to increase production and improve access to iron resources needed for temples, warfare and daily life.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationHendrickson, M., Hua, Q., Chai, S., Tauxe, L., Leroy, S., & Phon, K. (2021). A brief history of Angkor’s iron: reconstructing multi-scalar chronologies in the Phnom Dek metallurgical landscape, Cambodia. Oral presentation to the 15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry. ANSTO Sydney, Australia. November 15th – 19th, 2021. (pp. 128). Retrieved from: https://ams15sydney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AMS-15-Full-Program-and-Abstract-Book-R-1.pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate19 November 2021en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename15th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometryen_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceSydney, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate15 November 2021en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination128en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://ams15sydney.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AMS-15-Full-Program-and-Abstract-Book-R-1.pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/14449en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisationen_AU
dc.subjectIronen_AU
dc.subjectCambodiaen_AU
dc.subjectAsiaen_AU
dc.subjectLand useen_AU
dc.subjectCarbon 14en_AU
dc.subjectMetallurgyen_AU
dc.subjectSlagsen_AU
dc.subjectFurnacesen_AU
dc.titleA brief history of Angkor’s iron: reconstructing multi-scalar chronologies in the Phnom Dek metallurgical landscape, Cambodiaen_AU
dc.typeConference Abstracten_AU
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