Prehistory & early cultures

People & Nature

From Rain-Fed Rice to the World Market: How Rice Cultivation Shaped Thai Society

The flooded paddies that now make up the image of the Thai countryside are not a timeless backdrop. Archaeology shows that the first rice cultivated…

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History, Kingdoms & the Making of Siam

Dvaravati, the ‘First Mon Kingdom’ of the Central Plain: Rulers, Figures and Neighbours (6th–11th Century)

It left no certain capital, no king list and no chronicle of its own. Yet Dvaravati is the name engraved, in the 7th century, on silver medallions…

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