Dr Noel Hidalgo Tan curates archaeology news about Southeast Asia. All opinions in my personal capacity.
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This week’s Southeast Asian Archaeology: Angkorian ceramics, Tham Pha Mue rock art, and the return of Cambodian sculptures from the US.
Broken pots, painted hands, and provenance work — all in one issue.
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New this week: Sulawesi boat rock art, Timor-Leste pottery, Angkor ticket sales, the restored Nguyen throne, and a sharp new take on archaeology and law in the Philippines.
Read the latest Southeast Asian Archaeology newsletter here: bit.ly/4g7tklO
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New bonus post: Kota Batu, Brunei’s old capital.
A quiet archaeological park, but a fascinating site: tombs, ceramics, sandstone pillar bases, house posts, causeways and traces of a riverine capital connected to the wider maritime world.
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New Southeast Asian Archaeology newsletter: three new papers on what happened when things arrived, not just how they travelled. Plus Angkor hydraulics, Cẩm An shipwreck, and Phimai’s reopening.
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This week’s newsletter leads with new research from Laos’ Plain of Jars: one excavated jar at Site 75 held the remains of at least 37 people, with finds pointing to wider regional connections. #Archaeology #SoutheastAsia
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New newsletter: Đồng Dương, one of ancient Champa’s great Buddhist sites, is back in focus this week — not just as a ruin, but as part of a wider archaeological landscape.
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Bronze drums, burials, boats, and blessings: this week’s Southeast Asian Archaeology newsletter heads to Phetchaburi, Kelantan, and Po Nagar in Vietnam.
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From Angkor wall repairs and Óc Eo museum plans to Preah Vihear restoration politics and Sulawesi cliff burials, this week’s newsletter rounds up Southeast Asian archaeology with context. Subscribe for the stories behind the headlines.
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20 years ago I started Southeast Asian Archaeology with a few blog posts.
It somehow turned into a weekly newsletter read around the world.
Reflections, AMA, and what readers want next:
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New finds lead this week’s newsletter: possible Khmer temple remains in Mondulkiri and Korat, a prehistoric settlement in Lào Cai dating to around 2000–1500 BCE, and wooden stakes in Hoa Lư that may yet reshape how we think about the Trần-era landscape.
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Ruins need managers too - This week’s newsletter looks at heritage under management across Southeast Asia: Ayutthaya gets a station redesign, Candi Sewu and Ratu Boko get restoration attention, and the Hội An shipwreck.
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What happens after a site gets the UNESCO glow-up? This week’s Southeast Asian Archaeology newsletter looks at the less glamorous but far more important sequel: conservation, funding, access.
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New SEAArch newsletter: silk from Vietnam, ArchaeoBot in the Philippines, and heritage cleanups in Chiang Mai Intramuros.
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Rojak #100 is here: Triceratops, Traditions and Tropic Heat - a mixed bag includes a market-bound dinosaur, a very smelly flower in Vietnam, and unauthorised research in Indonesia.
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This week on Southeast Asian Archaeology: Laos’ Hintang megaliths gain heritage status, Koh Ker gets a new research push beyond the temples, and Singapore’s shipwrecks show why conservation is where the real work begins.
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Join International Webinar 2026 on 30–31 March: Connecting Continents and Oceans: Southeast Asian Archaeology and Heritage in Dialogue with Europe. A two-day online event by BRIN Indonesia and ELTE Hungary.
Details: bit.ly/4t4GV0y
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This week in Southeast Asian archaeology we’ve got new bas-reliefs at Angkor Thom, India’s restoration link to Prambanan and Angkor, plus notes from around the region. Read more:
Bas-reliefs and Bilateral Bonds bit.ly/40IBoRg
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This week in Southeast Asian Archaeology: ancient mosquitoes hint at early hominins in Sundaland, AI takes a crack at reconstructing the Singapore Stone, and a call for your AMA questions! #southeastasianarchaeology
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This week: a human-faced megalith spotted in Lore Lindu—right in an illegal gold-mining zone—and Korea & Vietnam’s first joint underwater survey in Quảng Ngãi, chasing shipwrecks Chinese ceramics across old sea lanes
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This week on Southeast Asian Archaeology: rare bronze Mahoratuek drums surface in Thailand, gold-glazed terracotta helps redraw Vietnam’s Ho Citadel, and Aceh War “loot” gets a long-overdue digital reckoning.
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