ANTH 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Earthenware, Radiocarbon Dating, Tuyere
Document Summary
Stylistic change determined through stratigraphic seriaition and radiocarbon dating of kilns. Green glaze ceramics - late 9th to early 12th centuries wheel made. Brown glaze ceramics - late 10th to mid 13th centuries wheel made. Characteristics of pots - how it was made, clays used, shapes, decorations. Presence of kilns - firing techniques, volumes, fuel requriements. Green glaze kilns identified on and next to the kulen and near rolous. Initial distribution of brown glaze kilns concentrated in ne thailand. Brown glaze kilns first found in cambodia along the east road. East of angkor first time ever it was found. Kilns in association with temple complex of teap chei. Kilns made of multiple chambers with two fire boxes. Oldest stoneward and earthenware production center in cambodia. Specialized producers making ceramics in three different region. Ceramics form each production area fround across the khmer empire. Few good quality, high volume sources of iron ore in cambodia.
