Archaeology of the Shan Plateau, the Bronze to Buddhist Transition

Moore, Elizabeth

Abstract

The archaeology of the Shan Plateau highlights the role of local knowledge in the shifting religious and social frameworks of the first millennium CE. Artefacts from four river regions (Shweli, Myit Ngeh, Inle and Thanlwin) are compared to illustrate the
complex networks that underpinned and prompted the transition from Bronze–Iron chiefdoms to Buddhist kingdoms. New data from discoveries of recent decades are used to widen discussion from sites to regional and trans-regional comparison and begin to
bridge the traditional separation of prehistoric and Buddhist archaeology.

Citation

Moore, E. (2009). Archaeology of the Shan Plateau, the Bronze to Buddhist Transition. Contemporary Buddhism, 10(10), 83-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/14639940902969044

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: May 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Oct 5, 2009
• Journal: Contemporary Buddhism
• Print ISSN: 1463-9947
• Electronic ISSN: 1476-7953
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 83-102
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14639940902969044
• Keywords: Shan Buddhism archaeology