Site 23

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Site 23 is one of the designated jar clusters within Laos’s ancient Plain of Jars archaeological complex, known for its scattered megalithic stone vessels.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Jar Site 2 1
Site 23 canonical 1

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Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site
jar cluster
associatedWithFunction funerary rituals
mortuary practices
associatedWithPeriod Iron Age
country Laos
culturalRegion Indochinese Peninsula
surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia
governedBy Government of Laos
surface form: Lao authorities
hasFeature megalithic stone jars
scattered stone vessels
hasMaterial stone
hasType megalithic landscape
heritageDesignationYear 2019
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component
includedIn Plain of Jars
surface form: Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars
knownFor archaeological research on jar use and chronology
concentration of large stone jars
locatedIn Xieng Khouang Province
upland environment
locatedOn Laos highlands
surface form: Xiangkhoang Plateau
partOf Plain of Jars
clustered jar sites of the Plain of Jars
significance evidence of prehistoric megalithic culture
subjectOf archaeological investigations of Plain of Jars
threatenedBy past conflict-related unexploded ordnance in region

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Plain of Jars hasPart Site 23
Xiangkhouang Province hasNotableSite Site 23
this entity surface form: Jar Site 2