Ban Chiang Archaeological Site

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ban_Chiang_Archaeological_Site
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkbp:contains gptkb:ceramics
burial sites
human skeletons
rice remains
metal artifacts
gptkbp:coordinates 17.4225°N 103.2394°E
gptkbp:country gptkb:Thailand
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1966
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Chester_Gorman
gptkb:Pisit_Charoenwongsa
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:archaeological_site
Bronze Age civilization
early metallurgy
early evidence of rice agriculture
red painted pottery
gptkbp:location gptkb:Udon_Thani_Province
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Ban_Chiang_Archaeological_Site
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Ban_Chiang_National_Museum
gptkbp:periodsOfOccupation c. 2100 BCE – 200 CE
gptkbp:region gptkb:Northeast_Thailand
gptkbp:significance important for study of prehistoric technology
evidence of early human settlement in Southeast Asia
gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria (iii)
(iv)
gptkbp:UNESCO_region gptkb:Asia_and_the_Pacific
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 1992
575
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Udon_Thani_Province
gptkb:Ban_Chiang_National_Museum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7