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Urbanism and Residential Patterning in Angkor

Alison Carter
Piphal Heng
Miriam Stark
Rachna Chhay
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Damian Evans

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The Khmer Empire (9th-15th centuries A.D.), centered on the Greater Angkor region, was the most extensive political entity in the history of mainland Southeast Asia. Stone temples constructed by Angkorian kings and elites were widely assumed to have been loci of ritual as well as habitation, though the latter has been poorly documented archaeologically. In this paper, we present the results of two field seasons of excavation at the temple site of Ta Prohm. Using LiDAR data to focus our excavations, we offer evidence for residential occupation within the temple enclosure from before the 11th century A.D. until the 14th century. A comparison with previous work exploring habitation areas within the Angkor Wat temple enclosure highlights similarities and differences between the two temples. We argue that temple habitation was a key component of the Angkorian urban system and that investigating this unique form of urbanism expands current comparative research on the diversity of ancient cities.
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hal-02200971 , version 1 (31-07-2019)

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Alison Carter, Piphal Heng, Miriam Stark, Rachna Chhay, Damian Evans. Urbanism and Residential Patterning in Angkor. Journal of Field Archaeology, 2018, 43 (6), pp.492-506. ⟨10.1080/00934690.2018.1503034⟩. ⟨hal-02200971⟩
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