Description:
"In November 2001, we located and surveyed around 1000 old furnaces east of Bagan. One was excavated, and this 8 page pdf report contains a pictorial record of what we found...
Field survey and initial excavation.
"In November 2001, an investigation was made of a number of sites known from local
informants around the villages of Zi-o and Panidwin, east of Bagan, to contain remains
of furnaces and what appeared to be large quantities of ironmaking debris. The group on
the field trip included U Aung Kyaing, Deputy Director General of Archaeology for
Upper Myanmar, U Win Maung (Tanpawady), a classical architect and antiquarian from
Mandalay, U Nyein Lwin, archaeological research officer and excavator from Bagan, and
Bob Hudson, from the Archaeology Department, University of Sydney, Australia. The
outcome was the survey and mapping of 12 separate sites which between them contain
hundreds of furnaces, and the subsequent excavation of a furnace to determine its
structure. Samples were also recovered for future radiocarbon dating, and are held at the
University of Sydney and at the Archaeology Department at Bagan..."
Source/publisher:
University of Sydney (Australia)
Date of Publication:
2002-00-00
Date of entry:
2003-06-03
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English