Xieng Khuang, Plain of Jars
Scanned slide, image taken in mid February 1998.
Meanwhile, the plain became a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The Plain of Jars is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos. It consists of thousands of stone jars scattered around the upland valleys and the lower foothills of the central plain of the Xiangkhoang Plateau. The jars are arranged in clusters ranging in number from one to several hundred.
The Plain of Jars is dated to the Iron Age (500 BCE to 500 CE) and is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Southeast Asia and was most likely used as burial site.
Xieng Khuang, Plain of Jars
Scanned slide, image taken in mid February 1998.
Meanwhile, the plain became a UNESCO World Heritage site.
The Plain of Jars is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos. It consists of thousands of stone jars scattered around the upland valleys and the lower foothills of the central plain of the Xiangkhoang Plateau. The jars are arranged in clusters ranging in number from one to several hundred.
The Plain of Jars is dated to the Iron Age (500 BCE to 500 CE) and is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Southeast Asia and was most likely used as burial site.