28050
Author
Maloney, B.K.
Author Affiliation
Queen's University of Belfast. Department of Geography
Title Of Article Chaper
Khok Phanom Di, central Thailand: the environmental setting
Title Of Journal Book
Geoarchaeology
Volume
3
Issue
4
Pages
287-291
Collation
4 figs
Reference Bibliography
refs
ISSN
0883-6353
Language Of Text
English
Language Of Summary
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
Summary pollen diagrams and carbonized particle concentration figures from cores collected very near the central Thai archeological site of Khok Phanom Di (ca. 4000-1000 BC) located ca. 0.22 km from the Gulf of Siam and 50 km from Bangkok are presented. These pollen analyses are the first associated with an archaeological site in Thailand and reveal a change from probable shallow water marine conditions through an apparent freshwater/dryland forest phase dominated by grass pollen. Grass pollen increases first in a core nearest the site and is associated with peaks representing charcoal concentrations. Burning of mangrove vegetation by man, as sea level fell, appears plausible. Earlier charcoal peaks may relate to the first occupation and subsequent, very localized vegetation disturbances. Ten samples from two cores are currently being dated at Oxford using accelerator mass spectrometry. Unfortunately results are not yet available.
Keywords
environmental archaeology;pollen;Thailand (Khok Phanom Di); charcoal analysis;accelerator mass spectrometry
pub_id
28050