Glass Beads from 15th–17th Century CE Jar Burial Sites in Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains |
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| Authors: | A K Carter L Dussubieux N Beavan |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA;2. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA;3. Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | A total of 74 glass beads, included as grave goods in 15th–17th century CE jar burials from Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains, were analysed using laser ablation – inductively coupled plasma – mass spectrometry (LA–ICP–MS). Several glass types were identified, including two subtypes of high‐alumina mineral soda glass, and lead–potash glass. The final glass type represents a newly discovered and previously unidentified type of high‐alumina soda glass, with high magnesia (m‐Na–Al Mg>). This study represents the first glass data from the mid‐second millennium CE from Cambodia and sheds light on the multiple long‐distance maritime exchange networks in which the upland people buried in the jars were participating. |
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| Keywords: | glass beads LA– ICP– MS South‐East Asia Cambodia maritime exchange mortuary ritual jar burials |
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