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Holdings: 35mm slide: 18081
World Region: Asia
Region: Southeast Asia
Country: Thailand
Archaeological Site Name: Ba Na Di
Period: Bronze Age
Description: "BA NA DI Burial Site: included pots with traces of the foods, usually rice or fish, they once contained and in many instances the severed left foreleg of an ox. The prominence of the buried individual is indicated by the bronze bracelet on the forearm."
Image Categories: Artifact Function: Container; Artifact Material: Ceramic; Feature: Burial/cremation(s); Human Remains: Skeletal element(s)
Source Type Detail: Book Citation: "Prehistoric Rice Cultivation in Southeast Asia," by Charles F. W. Higham; p. 142. In: Scientific American, Vol. 250, No. 4. New York: Munn & Co., April 1984.

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Full citation: ""BA NA DI Burial Site: included pots with traces of the foods, usually rice or fish, they once contained and in many instances the severed left foreleg of an ox. The prominence of the buried individual is indicated by the bronze bracelet on the forearm."". In the digital collection UM Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/anthro1ic/x-217/restricted. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 19, 2024.