Using in-slag charcoal as an indicator of “terminal” iron production within the Angkorian period (10th-13th Centuries AD) center of Preah Khan of Kompong Svay, Cambodia.

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dc.contributor.authorHendrickson, Men_AU
dc.contributor.authorHua, Qen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPryce, TOen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-09T23:54:35Zen_AU
dc.date.available2014-11-09T23:54:35Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2013-01-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2014-11-10en_AU
dc.description.abstractRecent fieldwork by the Industries of Angkor Project (INDAP) has identified the first extensive evidence of iron production within an Angkorian Khmer (9th to 15th centuries AD) center at Preah Khan of Kompong Svay (Preah Khan) in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia. This immense 22-km(2) temple complex appears to be an outpost of Khmer settlement situated in close proximity to Phnom Dek ("Iron Mountain"), the richest known source of iron oxide in Cambodia. Combined with the fact that Preah Khan's temple architecture dates between the late 10th to early 13th centuries, the period that the Khmer greatly expanded their territorial influence, our primary hypothesis is that this complex was established to gain access to and monitor production of iron for the capital of Angkor. The vast number and size of these iron slag concentrations, some up to 5 m in height by 35 m in length, precludes the use of traditional excavation and dating methods. Instead, this paper employs C-14 dating of "in-slag" charcoal from surface slag cakes to produce a spatial chronology of late or "terminal" industrial activities. The results indicate that metallurgy was "last" practiced at various locations within Preah Khan in the mid-13th to late 17th centuries, with 3 distinct clusters between the late 13th and late 15th centuries. Based on this initial survey of surface collections, it appears that iron production at Preah Khan occurred after the final phase of masonry construction. More significantly, this work provides the first robust set of dates for late Angkorian and Middle period industrial activities in Cambodia. © 2013, University of Arizona.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationHendrickson, M., Hua, Q., & Pryce, T. O. (2013). Using in-slag charcoal as an indicator of “terminal” iron production within the Angkorian period (10th-13th Centuries AD) center of Preah Khan of Kompong Svay, Cambodia. Radiocarbon, 55(1), 31-47.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc5261en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222en_AU
dc.identifier.issue1en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleRadiocarbonen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination31-47en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2458/azu_js_rc.v55i1.16152en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/6036en_AU
dc.identifier.volume55en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherUnivversity of Arizona Department of Geosciencesen_AU
dc.subjectCharcoalen_AU
dc.subjectIsraelen_AU
dc.subjectCarbon 14en_AU
dc.subjectIron oxidesen_AU
dc.subjectCambodiaen_AU
dc.subjectIronen_AU
dc.titleUsing in-slag charcoal as an indicator of “terminal” iron production within the Angkorian period (10th-13th Centuries AD) center of Preah Khan of Kompong Svay, Cambodia.en_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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