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In Photos: Exploring the Mysterious Plains of Jars
Page 1, ***3: Page 1, Page 1, Page 2, Page 3 The long-standing mystery (ANU)
The Mysterious Plain of Jars is an archaeological site in central Laos with thousands of stone tools scattered across the ground. Archaeologists have also discovered many such jars in the forests and mountains of Laos. They have long tried to figure out why these stone jars are scattered across this remote region of Laos.
Archaeologists recently discovered an ancient burial site and human remains in the Plain of Jars. The burial site is estimated to be 2,500 years old and could help researchers gather new information about the mysterious site.
Researchers are also using data from the excavation and video from aerial drones to recreate the archaeological site in virtual reality. This means scientists can revisit and review their field work in Laos more than 4,000 miles away in Australia. [Read the full report on the Jars Plains VR project] A strange sight
(ANU)
A drone photo of "Jar Site 1" in the Jars Plains, located in central Laos near von Safan. Uncovering the Unknown (ANU)
Archaeologists from Laos and Australia spent four weeks in February 2016 mapping and excavating the ground around a set of massive stone jars, These stone jars dot the landscape of Jar site 1. Ancient Burial Practices (ANU)
Jar Site No. 1 is the most famous of the more than 85 ancient Jar sites in the remote hills and ravines of the Chuanxiong Plateau in Laos.
The area was involved in the Vietnam War During this period, they were heavily bombed by US warplanes. Only seven Jar sites, including Site No. 1, have been cleared of unreinforced bombs. View from above (ANU)
An aerial drone photograph of the jars and marker stones at the Jar 1 site. Expert Eyes (Dougald O'Reilly, ANU)
Laotian archaeologist Thonglith Luangkhoth examines the remains of original burials discovered at Jar Site 1. Looking Up to Heaven (Dougald O'Reilly, ANU)
This is a view of the main burial site found at Jar Site 1. The quartz-rich stones are aligned so the skull looks like it's looking out from a hole. Unique Monument (Dougall D'O'Reilly, Australian National University)
Jar Site 1 site, photographed from one of the excavated trenches. Teamwork (Dougal D'O'Reilly, Australian National University)
Tomley Tronghos (left) and Dougal D'O'Reilly (right) excavate a secondary burial site. O'Reilly led a team of scientists to the Plains of Jars on a joint expedition to Laos and Australia. Burial Jars (Dougald O'Reilly, ANU)
Researchers also discovered 11 ceramic jars, which are expected to contain "secondary" burials of human skeletons from which the flesh was removed. Here, archaeologists at Jar Site 1 recorded details of ceramic secondary burial jars. Exploring ancient civilizations (Dougald O'Reilly, archaeologist at the Australian National University, ANU)
Dougald O'Reilly, at Jar site 1, February 2016.
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