Iron and cloth across the Bay of Bengal. New data from Tha Kae, central Thailand

• Autores: Judith Cameron
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 85, Nº 328, 2011, págs. 559-567
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • An important group of spindle whorls found at Tha Kae in Thailand carries traces suggesting the use of iron spindles, and includes an unusual type of whorl shaped like a door knob. The author explores the implied contacts reaching into south China, but is also able to add a probable link with India in the early first millennium AD, well in advance of the better known Dvaravati period (sixth�thirteenth centuries AD).