Archaeology in Asia: Past Heritages in contemporaneous issues
A seminar organized by Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (SAC) and the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO)
Date: 4th of December 2012, 1:30PM-5:30PM

Venue: Room 207; Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre, 20 Boromarachachonani Road, Taling Chan, Bangkok 10170, Thailand

Moderator: Dr. Trongjai Hutangkura (SAC)

Session 1

M. Peter Skilling (EFEO): Reading Suttanipata on the Ground: The ancient routes of Central India.

Mme Sirin Yuanyaidee (Phra Pathom Chedi National Musuem), Digging the past : M. P.Dupont’s report from 1937 and the recent excavation at Wat Thammasala / Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand

M. Martin Polkinghorne (USYD): Ayutthaya Buddha dissemination in Angkor

Coffee break

Session 2

M. Christophe Pottier (EFEO): Any Heritage beyond the temples? Geoinformatics investigations in Angkor (Cambodia)

M. Pierre Pichard (EFEO): Developments and conservation issues in Pagan (Myanmar)

M. Jacques Leider (EFEO): Buddhists and Muslims in Arakan  (Rakhine) in a historical perspective

 conference