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Ban Chiang (Thai: บ้านเชียง, pronounced [bâːn tɕʰīaŋ] listen ⓘ; Northeastern Thai: บ้านเซียง, pronounced [bâːn sîaŋ]) is an archaeological site in Nong Han district, Udon Thani province, Thailand.
The Ban Chiang (Thai: มู่ที่ 13 ตำบล บ้านเชียง, romanized: Hamlet 13 Tambon Ban Chiang) archaeological site has been a world heritage site since 1992. It was settled from the Neolithic to the Iron Age, and then abandoned from about 300 CE until the early-19th century.
Chester Gorman worked mostly in Southeast Asia. Among the most significant sites he worked are Ban Chiang in northeast Thailand and Spirit Cave in northwest Thailand, one of the major Hoabinhian sites. While surveying for sites in northeast Thailand with Wilhelm Solheim between 1963-1964, Gorman also discovered the site of Non Nok Tha. [1]
The district is divided into 12 sub-districts (), which are further subdivided into 116 villages ().There are two townships (thesaban tambons): San Sai Luang covers parts of tambons San Sai Luang, San Sai Noi, San Phranet, and Pa Phai; Mae Cho parts of tambons Nong Chom, Nong Han, and Pa Phai.
Nong Han (Thai: หนองหาร) is a tambon (subdistrict) of San Sai District, in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. [ 1 ] [ failed verification ] In 2005 it had a population of 16,463 people. The tambon contains 13 villages.
Bowl; from Ban Chiang site; painted ceramic; height: 32 cm, diameter: 31 cm. Once known as Ban Mak-kaeng, Udon Thani was originally settled as a military base established by Prince Prachaksinlapakhom to suppress an uprising in the northeastern city of Lao Puan. Ban Mak-kaeng grew slowly from a small rural town to become what is now the city of ...
Chai Prakan (Thai: ไชยปราการ, pronounced [tɕʰāj prāː.kāːn]; Northern Thai: ไจยผาก๋าร, pronounced [tɕāj pʰǎː.kǎːn]) is a district in the northern part of Chiang Mai province in northern Thailand.
Near Ban Thap Lan, Ban Khun Sri Bupram, and Ban Wang Mued, are rare fan palm or Talipot palm forests. These forests covered much of the northeast region of Thailand in the past, though the spread of agriculture saw the destruction of a large number of palm forests. Today, Thap Lan is home to one of the few such forests remaining in Thailand.