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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.

Transitions from Late Prehistoric to Dvaravati Period Funerary Practices: New Evidence from Dong Mae Nang Muang, Central Thailand (2012)
Book Chapter
Pongkasetkan, P., & Murphy, S. A. (2012). Transitions from Late Prehistoric to Dvaravati Period Funerary Practices: New Evidence from Dong Mae Nang Muang, Central Thailand. In M. L. Tjoa-Bonatz, A. Reinecke, & D. Bonatz (Eds.), Crossing Borders: Selected Papers from the 13th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Volume 1 (75-89). NUS Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1nthm4.12

This paper focuses on burial traditions in central and northeast Thailand, particularly on the 5th–12th centuries AD, and to a lesser extent on the transition from the Late Iron Age to the Dvaravati period. This discussion arises primarily from new a... Read More about Transitions from Late Prehistoric to Dvaravati Period Funerary Practices: New Evidence from Dong Mae Nang Muang, Central Thailand.

Dvaravati Period Sema Stones: Shifting meanings and definitions in archaeology, epigraphy, texts and religious re-use (2010)
Journal Article
Murphy, S. A. (2010). Dvaravati Period Sema Stones: Shifting meanings and definitions in archaeology, epigraphy, texts and religious re-use. RIAN THAI International Journal of Thai Studies, 3, 259-282

Sema stones, or Buddhist boundary markers as they are commonly known in English, are a well attested phenomenon in the religious landscape of Southeast Asia. In modern day Theravada Buddhism they demarcate the sacred precinct of the ubosot, either in... Read More about Dvaravati Period Sema Stones: Shifting meanings and definitions in archaeology, epigraphy, texts and religious re-use.

การแพร่กระจายของใบเสมาสมัยทวารวดีในที่ราบสูงโคราช [An Analysis of the Distribution of Dvaravati Period Sema stones in the Khorat Plateau] (2010)
Journal Article
Murphy, S. A. (2010). การแพร่กระจายของใบเสมาสมัยทวารวดีในที่ราบสูงโคราช [An Analysis of the Distribution of Dvaravati Period Sema stones in the Khorat Plateau]. Muang Boran, 36(2), 71-91

Fifty Years of Archaeological Research at Dong Mae Nang Muang, an Ancient Gateway to the Upper Chao Phraya Basin (2010)
Journal Article
Murphy, S. A., & Pongkasetkan, P. (2010). Fifty Years of Archaeological Research at Dong Mae Nang Muang, an Ancient Gateway to the Upper Chao Phraya Basin. Journal of the Siam Society, 98, 49-74

Dong Mae Nang Muang, in Banpotpisai district, Nakorn Sawan province is the present-day name for the site of Thanya Pura, one of the northernmost settlements of Dvaravati culture (6th–11th centuries CE) in central Thailand. Research conducted to date... Read More about Fifty Years of Archaeological Research at Dong Mae Nang Muang, an Ancient Gateway to the Upper Chao Phraya Basin.