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Thu, 03/21/2013 - 12:55
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New archaeological site found in Thai South

TRANG, THAILAND, March 21 (TN) - A new archaeological site has been discovered in the Andaman coastal Trang province in the Thai South, in which people have now been barred from approaching pending an official inspection of authorities concerned with a concluded decision expected thereafter. Panuwat Auesaman, an expert archaeologist at the 15th Fine Arts Office in nearby Phuket province, along with a group of other archaeologists and community leaders of the Mai Fad locality in Trang's Sikao district, are jointly surveying the new archaeological site at the Khao Toh Ngai and its vicinity, after a number of ancient human skeletons and potteries were recently found there. Panuwat confirmed that his team has found numerous human skeletons and potteries and initially assumed that the site was used to perform religious rites or used to be a morgue in which food and necessities contained in the potteries were offered to the dead. Panuwat acknowledged the skeletons clearly portray well-composed human remains and his team has first classified the potteries into three periods, including those of China's Yuan Dynasty some 700 years ago, those of Thailand's ancient Sukhothai era some 700-800 years ago and those of China's Ming Dynasty in the 20-22 centuries. According to the archaeological expert, the concerned authorities have already cordoned off the area and taken up some samples of the potteries to examine in Phuket, before seeking a thorough examination and a final action by the Fine Arts Department in Bangkok. The expert archaeologist warned people never to enter the prohibited area for finding antiques or other valuable materials without any official permission, saying that violators will be prosecuted. (TNA)

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