Cheung Ek Neutron Activation Analysis
Dataset underwriting the paper "Centralized Power/Decentralized production? Angkorian Stoneware and the southern production complex of Cheung Ek, Cambodia"
Project Abstract
This Neutron Activation Analysis dataset underwrites the paper "Centralized Power/Decentralized production? Angkorian Stoneware and the southern production complex of Cheung Ek, Cambodia"
Peter Grave1, Lisa Kealhofer2, Kaseka Phon3, Piphal Heng4, Miriam Stark4, Ben Marsh5, Ea Darith6, Rachna Chhay6, and Gary P. Marriner1
- Archaeology/Archaeomaterials Science Hub, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
- Anthropology/Environmental Studies and Sciences, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA
- Royal Academy of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA
- Geography and Environmental Studies, Bucknell University, PA, USA
- Angkor International Centre for Research and Documentation, APSARA Authority, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Journal of Archaeological Science 125 (2021) 105270. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105270
This is a NAA dataset of ceramics (stonewares (n=116); earthenwares (n=67)) and reference sediments (n=20) from a kiln complex at Cheung Ek, southern Cambodia. Kilns at Cheung Ek have been dated to the 2nd half of the 1st millennium CE (earthenware) and to the Angkorian Khmer era (~900-1500CE). The Cheung Ek locality preserves a range of archaeological features including a 750m-radius circular earthwork, at least 26 habitation mounds, multiple pre-Angkorian brick temple foundations, and a large number of kiln mounds in a north-south alignment over a ten-kilometer range on a low alluvial surface. Fieldwork documented more than 60 possible kiln mounds within a ca. 1km by 4km sub-region during four seasons of fieldwork at Cheung Ek between 2002-2016 (and some excavated).
The NAA dataset is for ceramics from a selection of kilns excavated during several of these field seasons: 2005-6 (the ‘Earthenware kiln’) and 2012-13 (four stoneware kilns: ‘Mong’, 33, 36, and 17). The fieldwork that enabled this research was supported by collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia. Fieldwork and analysis was supported by the Australian Research Council Discovery Project scheme (DP140103194: 2014-17), the National Geographic Society (2016 HJ), and the U.S. Department of State's Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (2006).
This analysis was part of the larger Khmer Production and Exchange project, studying Angkorian period stoneware production and exchange as a proxy for understanding the Khmer ritual economy. KPX collaborators include: Peter Grave, Lisa Kealhofer, Miriam Stark, and Ea Darith. Collaborators for the Cheung Ek project.
Map: Location of southern Angkorian kiln complex of Chueng Ek in relation to major eastern, central, western kiln complexes and Angkorian road network, major urban and ritual centres in Cambodia and north east Thailand (approximate extent stippled area, Khorat plateau).
Suggested Citation
Kaseka Phon, Piphal Heng, Miriam Stark, Darith Ea, Rachna Chhay, Gary P Marriner, Peter Grave, Lisa Kealhofer, Ben Marsh. (2025) "Cheung Ek Neutron Activation Analysis". Released: In prep. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/projects/eaa5276b-fb65-4587-bfda-f0e4aea8c1c5> DOI: https://doi.org/10.6078/M78G8HV4
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