DR Stephen Murphy's Outputs (2)

Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period Settlement Patterns and Material Culture in Northeast Thailand and Central Laos c. Sixth to eleventh centuries AD: A Historical Ecology Approach to the Landscape of the Khorat Plateau (2013)
Journal Article
Murphy, S. A. (2013). Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period Settlement Patterns and Material Culture in Northeast Thailand and Central Laos c. Sixth to eleventh centuries AD: A Historical Ecology Approach to the Landscape of the Khorat Plateau. Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, 52(2), 300-323. https://doi.org/10.1353/asi.2013.0017

This article employs the research paradigm of historical ecology to investigate the spread and development of early Buddhism in the Khorat Plateau during the Dvaravati period. The movement of this religion into the region was largely determined by pr... Read More about Buddhism and its Relationship to Dvaravati Period Settlement Patterns and Material Culture in Northeast Thailand and Central Laos c. Sixth to eleventh centuries AD: A Historical Ecology Approach to the Landscape of the Khorat Plateau.

The Distribution of Sema Stones throughout the Khorat Plateau during the Dvaravati Period (2013)
Book Chapter
Murphy, S. A. (2013). The Distribution of Sema Stones throughout the Khorat Plateau during the Dvaravati Period. In M. J. Klokke, & V. Degroot (Eds.), Unearthing Southeast Asia's past : selected papers from the 12th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists. Volume 1 (215-233). NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1qv3nd.22

This paper analyses the distribution of Dvaravati period1 sema stones from evidence obtained during survey work carried out throughout Northeast Thailand and Laos.2 In total, 110 sites and over 1,200 sema stones have been recorded, representing the m... Read More about The Distribution of Sema Stones throughout the Khorat Plateau during the Dvaravati Period.