O'Reilly, Dougald, Shewan, Louise, Domett, Kate, Newton, Jennifer, Evans, Damian, Voeurn, Vuthy, and Beavan, Nancy (2015) The excavation of Phum Sophy 2009-2010: an Iron Age site in north-west Cambodia. Journal of Indo-Pacific Archaeology, 39. pp. 57-73.

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Abstract

Excavations were undertaken at the village (phum) of Sophy in Banteay Meanchey Province, north-west Cambodia over two field seasons in two separate areas in 2009 and 2010. The remains of twenty individuals were found in 14 mortuary contexts with individuals interred with a range of burial goods including ceramic vessels, stone and glass beads, iron and bronze artefacts and faunal remains. The site dates to the Iron Age (dates spanning the period c. 87-526 AD) and is surrounded by the ruins of later, Pre-Angkorian temples and their associated ponds. Excavation and research has revealed Sophy to be a prehistoric agricultural village in which the inhabitants exploited a wide-range of habitats and engaged in inter-regional exchange. The results of these investigations are presented here incorporating a description of the excavation, preliminary discussion of the material assemblage and demographic data obtained from the mortuary contexts.

Item ID:	41596
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	2375-0510
Funders:	Australian Research Council (ARC)
Projects and Grants:	ARC DP0984968
Date Deposited:	10 Dec 2015 03:12
FoR Codes:	21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2101 Archaeology > 210103 Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas @ 100%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950502 Understanding Asias Past @ 100%
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