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🇹🇭 Thailand · Archaeological wonder
Bronze (1100–600 BCE) → Iron Age transition 500 BCE–300 CE (Khao Wong Prachan Bridge) · Khao Wong Prachan Copper→Iron (Central Thai)
Copper→Iron transition industrial village (c.1100 BCE–300 CE) in the Khao Wong Prachan Valley near Lopburi adjacent to Non Pa Wai — 4 ha hill slope settlement plus smelting with rare continuous…
🇹🇭 Thailand · Archaeological wonder
Bronze Age 1500–700 BCE → Iron Age transition · Khao Wong Prachan Copper culture (Central Thai Bronze, Ban Chiang network)
Central Thailand copper production village (c.1500–700 BCE, Bronze Age Khao Wong Prachan valley) 15 km east of Lopburi — 5 ha mound and smelting scatter excavated 1986–2020 by Vincent Pigott, Thomas…
🇱🇦 Laos · Archaeological wonder
Bronze Age copper 2000 BCE–500 CE (Sepon culture) → Iron Age · Sepon Copper culture (Vilabouly Bronze, Truong ceramic? → Iron Age Laotian)
Ancient copper production complex and mine–foundry network (c.2000 BCE–700 CE) in the Vilabouly–Sepon valley of Savannakhet, Laos — 30 km copper smelting corridor excavated 2006–14 by Franco-Lao…