Prehistoric Iron Implements from Thailand

Abstract

PER S0RENSEN W ' HIL.E at least some knowle~ge is available of prehisto?ci~on implernen~. from Island Southeast ASia and from MalaySia, very little IS known on this topic from the mainland.There are numerous reasons for this deficiency of information on such items of vital importance for the understanding of the early historical periods.A probable major reason is that most iron implements are usually found in a context of bronzes, and the latter have attracted more attention amo~g scholars.To some extent this also seems.to be true for Thailand, from where reports so far~nly briefly mention iron implements (Solheim and Gorrnan 1966: PIs.VIIIb, XXIVd-g, and XXV; Sorensen 1967: 15, 105, and PI.122n-o; Watson and Loofs 1967: 262)._ .With this article it is not, however, the intention to make a compilation of aU prehistoric iron implements from Thailand, but rather, as a simple beginning, to give a brief description and evaluation of two small collections which were excavated by the Thai-Danish Prehistoric Expeditions in 1960-62 and 1965-66.Both collec-

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