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Chapter 7: Scientific and Chapter 7: Scientific and Artistic AchievementsArtistic Achievements
Southeast AsiaSoutheast Asia
Task Read the following slides on the Ban
Chiang society.
Then, download the Source Based Questions Worksheet from Moodle.
Read the Sources carefully and answer questions (a) to (d).
Ban Chiang Archeological Site
1966: Discovery of Ban Chiang
Son of a United States official tripped over the root of a tree and fell
He saw pottery pieces sticking out from the ground
This led archeologists to Ban Chiang
•Ban Chiang = Major archeological site in northeast Thailand
•1970s, bronze spear-points and iron bangles found there
Spear-Points
•As early as 2000 BCE, the Ban Chiang people knew about the uses of iron
•People of ancient Southeast Asia had knowledge of metallurgy much earlier than previously thought.
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