Archaeometallurgy in Cambodia: Current Research and Future Prospects
5th–7th March 2011
CKS and EFEO, Siem Reap
Saturday March 5th
Vat Damnak, CKS
8:30–8:45am Welcome speech
Michael SULLIVAN and Dominique SOUTIF
8:45–9:00am Keynote speech
Representative of APSARA
Kuy and iron metallurgy
9:00–9:45am Special lecture: Les maîtres du fer et du feu. Study of iron metallurgy and Kouy of northern Cambodia (provisional title)
Bernard DUPAIGNE
9:45–10:10am Some elements helping assess the importance of the Kuy inthe past
ANG CHOULEAN
10:10–10:40am Coffee break
10:40–11:05am Ethnographical research about iron making and forge in Cambodia in 2008-2010
Mariko IKEGAMI
11:05–11:30am Linguistic prehistory of two Kuay words: "iron" and "wood coal" (provisional title)
Gérard DIFFLOTH
Iron smelting sites
11:30–11:55am New discovery of forges
THUY CHANTOURN
11:55–12:20pm Ancient archaeometallurgy in Malaysia
Stephen CHIA MING SOON
12:20–2:00pm Lunch break
2:00–2:15pm Introduction to LARP
SURAT LERTLUM and IM SOKRITHY
2:15–2:40pm Geo-spatial analysis of the ancient industry sites along the Royal Road from Angkor to Phimai
SURAT LERTLUM
2:40–3:05pm The study on the iron smelting sites along the Royal Road from Angkor to Phimai in Thailand
SURAPOL NATAPINTU and PONGDHAN SAMPAONGERN
3:05–3:30pm The archaeological survey and excavation on the iron smelting sites in Cambodia
EA DARITH and HENG THAN
3:30–4:00pm Coffee break
4:00–4:25pm The Industries of Angkor Project: Investigating the history and significance of iron smelting at Preah Khan of Kompong Svay
Mitch HENDRICKSON
4:25–4:50pm The Iron Kuy Project: ethnoarchaeological investigations of technological continuity in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia
Thomas Oliver PRYCE
4:50–5:15pm The provenance of Angkor's iron: methodology and preliminary scientific results of the Industries of Angkor and Iron Kouy Projects
Stéphanie LEROY, Thomas Oliver PRYCE, Mitch HENDRICKSON, and Philippe DILLMANN
5:15–5:45pm Refreshments
Metal crafts
5:45–6:15pm Casting of plougshares in Cambodia (1969) (movie, 16 min, 1970)
Bernard DUPAIGNE
6:15–6:40pm Tek Thla and Thom Matout: A new stage in contemporary Khmer bronzecasting
Jane P. ALLISON
6:40–7:10pm The making of a bronze sculpture (movie, 12 min, 2000)
HUOT SAMNANG
7:10–7:40pm The goldsmith (movie, 19 min, 2003)
KONG VIREAK
Sunday March 6th
Vat Damnak, CKS
Bronze metallurgy
8:30–8:55am Heger I bronze drum casted in lost-wax method: local traditions of bronze production in the Mainland Southeast Asia
Nishimura MASANARI
8:55–9:20am Problems and history of technical investigations on Khmer bronze metallurgy
Brice VINCENT
9:20–9:55am Reflections on Sacred Sculpture of Thailand
Hiram WOODWARD
9:55–10:20am Angkorian bronze metallurgy (12th-13th C.): Technical investigations of a new selected corpus of bronze artifacts from the National Museum of Cambodia, Phnom Penh
David BOURGARIT, Brice VINCENT, and Paul JETT
10:20–10:50am Coffee break
Metal conservation
10:50–11:15am From field to the exhibition: Iron artifacts from Prohear and Village 10.8
SENG SONETRA
11:15–11:40am Metal conservation at Vat Bo, Siem Reap
HUOT SAMNANG
11:40–12:00pm Questions and discussion
12:00–1:30pm Lunch break
EFEO centre
Workshop
1:30–3:00pm Metal conservation
HUOT SAMNANG and SENG SONETRA
3:00–4:30pm Technical investigations (I)
David BOURGARIT
4:30–5:00pm Coffee break
5:00–6:30pm Technical investigations (II)
Thomas Oliver PRYCE
Monday March 7th
Excursion
7:30–8:30am Vat Bo, Siem Reap
EA DARITH and HUOT SAMNANG
8:30–4:00pm Kvav, Chikreng district, Siem Reap province
Welcome speech on site by H.E. SEOUNG KONG and H.E. KHOUN KHUN NEAY
Introduction to the Iron Smelting Research Program by IM SOKRITHY
Archaeological site mapping and topographical mapping by KIM SAMNANG and SRUN TECH
Excavation and preliminary results by HENG THAN and KHIEU CHAN
EFEO centre
4:00–4:45pm Special lecture: Ritual casting of a Buddha image in Vat Prek Phneou, Kandal province (provisional title)
ANG CHOULEAN
4:45–5:00pm Closing speech
