LECTURE:

Gold and its alloys in early Southeast Asia: Scientific Perspectives

LECTURE by DR. ANNA BENNETT, FRS of London University will give a lecture at 11 am on Sunday 12th June at VASCO&CO Rue des Minimes 48 - 1000 Brussels Tel.: 0473 642 611

"An early name for Thailand is Laem Thong, which translates as 'golden peninsula'. The words 'gold' and 'golden' are often associated with place names throughout the region such as suvarnabhumi: 'Land of Gold' thought to refer to the mainland including lower Burma and the Thai Malay Peninsula and suvarnadvipa: 'Islands of Gold', which may refer to the Indonesian Archipelago and/or Sumatra. This lecture will focus on the development of gold working technology from the earliest archaeological evidence in mainland Southeast Asia through to the elaborate jewelry of the Javanese classical period."

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