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Ban Chiang

c. 1500 BCE-300 CE · Thailand

A long village sequence records rice farming, pottery, metallurgy and changing mortuary practice.

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AI-generated evidence-guided visualization related to Ban Chiang, c. 1500 BCE-300 CE. — AI-generated visualization based on the cited record and period context. It is not documentary evidence or an authenticated reconstruction of a single event.

How the setting appeared

Timber houses, fields, ponds, craft areas and paths formed a village landscape rather than a stone city.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAN-CHIANGCIT-CORE069-BAN-CHIANG-PENN Setting and material context · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people lived

Households farmed, raised animals, fished and maintained exchange and kin relationships.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAN-CHIANGCIT-CORE069-BAN-CHIANG-PENN Lifeways and community · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

How people worked

Pottery, bronze and later iron production accompanied rice cultivation and textile work.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAN-CHIANGCIT-CORE069-BAN-CHIANG-PENN Work, tools and exchange · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Belief, ritual and worship

Burials and offerings show social and ritual practice, but named beliefs cannot be reconstructed.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAN-CHIANGCIT-CORE069-BAN-CHIANG-PENN Belief, ritual and evidence limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

World-atlas stage: Classical regional worlds
Region: Southeast Asia · Thailand
Languages and scripts: Not named in this record
Important people: No individual is centered in this record
Events and changes: c. 1500 BCE-300 CE: Successive village and cemetery phases produced pottery, animal remains and human burials; Second millennium BCE: Copper-base metallurgy appeared in the site's sequence; its absolute chronology remains debated; First millennium BCE: Iron objects and changing mortuary assemblages became part of later phases
Evidence confidence: High for settlement sequence and craft; chronology has been debated and should remain broad.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAN-CHIANGCIT-CORE069-BAN-CHIANG-PENN Dates, place, language, people, events and confidence · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Historical geography

A dated anchor, not an exact border

The local map uses modern coastlines only for orientation. The marker identifies this record's geographic anchor, not the full reach of a community or polity.

Map geometry loads only when requested. Modern outlines are orientation only; historical geography and identities changed through time.

Agent citation CIT-CORE-BAN-CHIANGCIT-CORE069-BAN-CHIANG-PENN Historical-geography anchor and stated limits · 2 registered source URLs · registration is not semantic proof · audit HEM-AUDIT-20260812

Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-CORE-BAN-CHIANG

Ban Chiang: record evidence guide

https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/575/

whc.unesco.org

CIT-CORE069-BAN-CHIANG-PENN

The People of Ban Chiang

https://www.penn.museum/research/publications/publication/1119

University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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