The chronology of the Iron Age 'moats' of Northeast Thailand

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 288, 2001, Pages 349-360

  McGrath, R J ^a   Boyd, W E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMS; Chronology; Iron Age; Moat; Mun River; Northeast Thailand; Radiocarbon dating; Southeast Asia; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHRONOLOGY; IRON AGE;

THAILAND;

EID: 0034757112     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00061007     Document Type: Article

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