Sedimentary Landscape of Mun Valley Prehistoric Site: Construction History of Moated Site of Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Sediment History of the Site
1.2. Particle Size Analysis
1.3. Laser Diffraction Analysis
1.4. Existing Knowledge of the Study Area
2. Methods
2.1. Sample Selection and Analysis
2.2. Statistical Analysis
2.3. Geochronology
3. Results
3.1. General Sedimentological Results of the Sediments
3.2. Sedimentary Characteristics of Samples
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Excavation Pit | Archaeological Layer: Spit Number, Place | Color | Textural Group | Period of Occupation |
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P300 | 3:1 General Spit | 10YR 5/2 | Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
P300 | 3:5 General Spit | 7.5YR 4/2 | Very Fine Sand | Iron Age |
P300 | 5:2 Hard Floor (HF) | 7.5 YR 3/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
P300 | 5:2 General Spit | 7.5YR 3/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
P300 | 6:5 General Spit | 10YR 4/3 | Fine Sand | Bronze Age |
P300 | 7:2 General Spit | 10YR 3/2 | Very Fine Sand | Bronze Age |
S400 | 1:6 General Spit | 10YR 5/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Recent |
S400 | 2:3 General Spit | 10YR 5/2 | Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
S400 | 2:6 General Spit | 10YR 5/2 | Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
S400 | 2:11 General Spit | 10YR 4/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
S400 | 3:2 Hard Floor | 10YR 5/3 | Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
S400 | 3:3 General Spit | 10YR 5/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
S400 | 6:1 General Spit | 10YR 4/2 | Coarse Silt | Bronze Age |
G104 | 1:4 General Spit | 10YR 5/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
G104 | 2:5 General Spit | 10YR 5/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
G104 | 3:3 General Spit | 10YR 3/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
G104 | 4:5 General Spit | 10YR 2/1 | Coarse Silt | Bronze Age |
G104 | 5:1 General Spit | 2.5YR 3/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
G104 | 6:1 Hard Floor | 10YR 5/3 | Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
G104 | 7:2 General Spit | 7.5YR 2.5/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
G104 | 7:4 General Spit | 10YR 5/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
N96 | 1:6 General Spit | 10YR 5/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
N96 | 2:2 General Spit | 10YR 5/2 | Very Fine Sand | Iron Age |
N96 | 3:3 General Spit | 10YR 5/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
N96 | 4:4 Hard Floor | 10 YR 3/1 | Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
N96 | 4:5 General Spit | 7.5 YR 3/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
N96 | 5:4 General Spit | 10YR 5/1 | Coarse Silt | Bronze Age |
N96 | 6:6 General Spit | 10YR 5/1 | Very Fine Sand | Bronze Age |
N96 | 6:13 General Spit | 10YR 3/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Bronze Age |
U200 | Below Channel (BC) | 10YR 4/1 | Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
U200 | Below Channel | 5Y 4/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
U200 | Below Channel | 10YR 4/2 | Medium Silt | Neolithic |
U200 | Within Channel (WC) | 10YR 3/1 | Very Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
U200 | Within Channel | 2.5YR 3/1 | Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
U200 | Within Channel | 10YR 3/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Neolithic |
U200 | Within Channel | 10YR 2/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Bronze Age |
U200 | Channel Filling (CF) | 10YR 3/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Bronze Age |
U200 | Chanel Filling | 10YR 3/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Bronze Age |
U200 | Chanel Filling | 10YR 4/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
U200 | Chanel Filling | 10YR 4/4 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
U200 | Above Chanel (AC) | 10YR 5/3 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
U200 | Above Chanel | 10YR 5/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
HI100 | 1:7 General Spit | 10YR 6/2 | Very Fine Sand | Historic |
HI100 | 2:4 General Spit | 10YR 6/3 | Very Fine Sand | Iron Age |
HI100 | 3:9 General Spit | 10YR 2/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
HI100 | 3:10 General Spit | 10 YR 3/2 | Very Fine Sand | Iron Age |
HI100 | 3:10 Hard Floor | 10 YR 2/2 | Very Coarse Silt | Iron Age |
HI100 | 4:1 General Spit | 10YR 6/4 | Very Fine Sand | Iron Age |
Sedimentary Group | Prominent Texture | Main Archaeological Feature |
---|---|---|
SD1 | sand | General spits |
SD2 | silty-sand | General spits |
SD3 | sandy-silt | Hard floors, Channel sediments |
SD4 | silt | Channel sediments |
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Kanthilatha, N.; Boyd, W.; Chang, N. Sedimentary Landscape of Mun Valley Prehistoric Site: Construction History of Moated Site of Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand. Quaternary 2020, 3, 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3010003
Kanthilatha N, Boyd W, Chang N. Sedimentary Landscape of Mun Valley Prehistoric Site: Construction History of Moated Site of Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand. Quaternary. 2020; 3(1):3. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3010003
Chicago/Turabian StyleKanthilatha, Nelum, William Boyd, and Nigel Chang. 2020. "Sedimentary Landscape of Mun Valley Prehistoric Site: Construction History of Moated Site of Ban Non Wat, Northeast Thailand" Quaternary 3, no. 1: 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat3010003