27.4.13

Laos PDR holiday, Phonsavan


The Plain of Jars is a megalithic archaeological landscape in Laos. Scattered in the landscape of the Xieng Khouang plateau, Xieng Khouang, Lao PDR, are thousands of megalithic jars. These stone jars appear in clusters, ranging from a single or a few to several hundred jars at lower foothills surrounding the central plain and upland valleys. The Xieng Khouang Plateau is located at the northern end of the Annamese Cordillera, the principal mountain range of Indochina. Initial research of the Plain of Jars in the early 1930s claimed that the stone jars are associated with prehistoric burial practices. Excavation by Lao and Japanese archaeologists in the intervening years has supported this interpretation with the discovery of human remains, burial goods and ceramics around the stone jars. The Plain of Jars is dated to the Iron Age (500 BCE to 500 CE) and is one of the most fascinating and important sites for studying Southeast Asian prehistory. The Plain of Jars has the potential to shed light on the relationship between increasingly complex societies and megalithic structures and provide insight into social organization of Iron Age Southeast Asia’s communities.

There are some plain of jars, this one was open because it is safe from land mine that was plant there during the war.


a short stop for a picnic lunch

the open window toilet

the view from where I "sit"


arriving at the Plain of Jars
If you are curious what Plain of Jars is, you can read Visiting the Mysterious Plain of Jars in Laos



Hmong kids


this is my fave photo that I shot 



careful and follow the mark, keep safe from land mines


I was having a great time there as you can tell from these pictures.

Thank you for reading the bits all....

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