Follow-up information on the Myanmar temple excavation

Post date: Sep 26, 2011 9:00:37 PM

The news article post has generated a substantial amount of interest on the listserve. Here's a follow-up comment by Elizabeth, and some photos, that may help clarify some of the information in the article. -- Wes

The deposits and the urns underlie a Bagan period temple at the site where U Win Maung has been working since 2003. It is in the 'rice fields of Kyaukse' that supported Bagan. In 2008 permission was received from the Department of Archaeology to remove a Pinya period temple which revealed an 11-13th century stucco-covered temple. More excavation then unearthed the Pyu and seemingly late Iron Age goods including thin burnished black ware which we would like to identify precisely for an article we are working on.

-- Elizabeth Moore