Sources
- Higham, Charles, Prehistoric Thailand, ISBN 974-8225-30-5, pp 84–88
- Southeast Asia: A Past Regained, Time Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia 1995, pages 25–32
- The Ban Chiang project at the University of Pennsylvania
- Ban Chiang gallery at the University of Hawai'i
- UNESCO world heritage listing
- from the AP Wire
Coordinates: 17°32′55″N 103°21′30″E / 17.54861°N 103.35833°E / 17.54861; 103.35833
NOTE: The excavation at Ban Chiang in 1974/75 was followed by an article by Chester Gorman and Pisit Charoenwongsa, claiming evidence for the earliest dates in the world for bronze casting and iron working. This led to an at times acrimonious debate, between those who accepted these dates, and those who did not. Subsequent excavations, including that at Ban Non Wat, have now shown that the proposed early dates for Ban Chiang are unlikely. However, the early claims are still repeated in the secondary literature.
Gorman, C.F. and Charoenwongsa, P. 1976. Ban Chiang: A mosaic of impressions from the first two years. Expedition 8(4):14–26.
After Dr. Gorman's untimely death in 1981, Dr. Joyce White continued research and publications as Director of the Ban Chiang Project at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Dr. White's research endeavors have included analysis and publication of Penn’s excavations at Ban Chiang in Thailand in the mid 1970s; ecological field research at Ban Chiang in 1978-1981 including investigations of how local people identified and used plants; lake coring and ecological mapping for palaeoenvironmental research in several parts of Thailand during the 1990s; and since 2001, survey and excavation in northern Laos, especially in Luang Prabang Province. However, no final report on the 1974-5 excavations has been forthcoming.
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