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Twelve centuries of occupation of a river-bank setting: old Sisatchanalai, northern Thailand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Paul Bishop ,
Don Hein ,
Mike Barbetti  and
Thada Sutthinet
Paul Bishop
Affiliation:
Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Department of Geography & Environmental Science, Monash University, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia
Don Hein
Affiliation:
PO Box 2, Sisatchanalai, Sukhothai Province 64130, Thailand NWG Macintosh Centre for Quaternary Dating, Madsen Building FO9, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
Mike Barbetti
Affiliation:
NWG Macintosh Centre for Quaternary Dating, Madsen Building FO9, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
Thada Sutthinet
Affiliation:
Department of Fine Arts, Sisatchanalai Historical Park, Sisatchanalai, Sukhothai Province 64190, Thailand
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The story of a city that was built close by a river must be a watery one. Here is an archaeological and geomorphological study of a medieval Thai city that experienced flooding and sedimentation throughout its life.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 261 , December 1994 , pp. 745 - 757
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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