Iron and cloth across the Bay of Bengal: New data from Tha Kae, central Thailand

Judith Cameron

doi:10.1017/S0003598X00067946

Iron and cloth across the Bay of Bengal: New data from Tha Kae, central Thailand

Judith Cameron^*

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An important group of spindlewhorls found at Tha Kae in Thailand carries traces suggesting the use of iron spindles, and includes an unusual type of whorl shaped like a door knob. The author explores the implied contacts reaching into south China, but is also able to add a probable link with India in the early first millennium AD, well in advance of the better known Dvaravati period (sixth-thirteenth centuries AD).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	559-567
Number of pages	9
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	85
Issue number	328
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00067946
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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