The clusters of gigantic stone jars found in the highlands of north-eastern Laos date back 2,000 years and have long baffled archeologists. [ART CHEN and CHIN MUI YOON / The Star]
Posted on 12/07/2008 12:52:27 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Belgian archeologist Julie Van Den Bergh... "The jars date back to the Early Iron Age (500BCE-200CE). But who made these jars? ..." The jars are in clusters, some with as many as 400 of the structures. Some are 3m tall and weigh 13 tons. Several come with angular or round disks that could have been lids, carved with images of humans, monkeys or tigers... French archeologist Madeleine Colani... in the 1930s... interpreted her findings on the sites as a prehistoric crematorium. At Site 1, she discovered a cave with handmade chimney openings. The cave floor showed the remains of burnt human bones and ash. Some of the jars contained cremated human remains, some with bronze and iron tools, cowry shells and glass beads... Laos' Museums and Archaeology Department director-general Thongsa Sayavongkhamdy and Japanese researcher Eiji Nitta in the 1990s... revealed in-ground burial in the fields near the jars. However, none of the excavated bones showed signs of cremation... The theory that these jars are indeed vessels for the ancient dead is further supported by other similar archeological sites of funeral urns discovered in the Cachar Hills in northern India's Assam district that have similar design as the urns in Laos. English scholars J.P. Mills and J.H. Hutton discovered these urns in 1928 where they found human remains inside and noted that cremation was still practised by the Kuki, a group of people who had inhabited the hills since the 16th century. Colani also pointed out urns with human remains were found buried along the shores in Sa Huynh, south of Danang city, Vietnam.
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The clusters of gigantic stone jars found in the highlands of north-eastern Laos date back 2,000 years and have long baffled archeologists. [ART CHEN and CHIN MUI YOON / The Star]
History Haunts The Plain Of Jars
The Telegraph (UK) | 12-9-2004 | Sebastien Berger
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Forest Of Broken Urns [Borneo]
Archaeology Magazine | 4-6-2007 | Karen J Coates
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Next week: Jars of Change
This is the house we lived in (picture taken the day we moved in) it was one of 4 in a gated compound. Our address was "The Pink House", Savannakhet, Laos. LOL
I wonder how long it will be before someone argues that humans couldn’t have made the jars and that they were instead made by space monsters.
Don't you love the way people push secular humanism with the new BCE and CE designations in place of the classic BC and AD?
Hey, the space monsters *did* make ‘em, actually, left ‘em behind. They are discarded drink containers, and the monsters are *really* tall. They landed, got some r & r, left their trash behind when they left.
That explains it. I never would have realized it on my own. :D
Wonder if the jars were used to store grain with lids to keep the vermin etc. out.
"The 'Plain of the Jars'... famous for its 2000 year old jars and numerous craters from heavy US bombing (which incidently makes the area look like a giant golf course and helps explain why politicians love the game). The jars were as exciting as they sound."
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