Unque Copper-Base Artefacts from Upper Burma: Coffin Ornaments? (original) (raw)

2013

Abstract

���� ��� �� Since 2001, the French Archaeological Mission in Myanmar led by J.-P. Pautreau has been working on burial sites from late prehistory in Upper Burma. Within this framework, we observed some copper-base artefacts the villagers brought during the archaeological excavations. They are thin metal sheets cut into geometric or anthropomorphic shapes. According to many witnesses, they were discovered in burials, above and on both sides of the skeleton. Therefore one of the hypotheses is that they are coffin ornaments. It is important to study their shapes, patterns and dimensions, to better understand what they are. We also had the opportunity to analyse the composition of one of these artefacts which provided new information about the techniques used to produce them.

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