eLibrary: Phanom-Surin Shipwreck

Discovered inland in 2013, the Phanom-Surin wreck is a rare, nearly intact 9th-century vessel linked to the Dvaravati culture of central Thailand. Though carrying little cargo, it offers unique insights into early ship construction, inland water networks, and regional provisioning hubs like U Thong during Southeast Asia’s formative maritime era.

This is the latest version of an electronic library of resources supporting the exhibition. It offers free and immediate access to online resources for anyone wanting to explore further the context of the museum’s artifacts.  As the museum develops, more resources, in more languages, will be added.

NOTE: Some of these links come from Academia.edu and Researchgate.net. These require a free one-time registration. To research further yourselves, you may consider registering with Jstore.org which gives limited but free monthly access to its collections

Articles

Literature

Anon. 2015. A visit to the Phanom Surin Shipwreck site, Samut Sakorn Province,South East Asian Archaeology, 16.3.2015

Berdin, A.V. 2020. GC-MS Analyses of Archaeological Samples of the Phanom Surin Shipwreck from Thailand, MA Thesis, Evora,

Chuenwattana, N. Jumprom, P. and Komoot, A. 2019. Forest Goods, Rice, and Betel Nut: Preliminary Archaeobotanical Analysis from Phanom-Surin Shipwreck, Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand. Silpakorn Journal. 62(4): 65 – 79.

Choksy, J.K. and Nematollahi, N., 2018. The Middle Persian Inscription from a Shipwreck in Thailand: Merchants, Containers, and Commodities. Dabir, 6.

Connan, J., Priestman, S., Vosmer, T., Komoot, A., Tofighian, H., Ghorbani, B., Engel, M.H., Zumberge, A. and Van De Velde, T., 2020. Geochemical analysis of bitumen from West Asian torpedo jars from the c. 8th century Phanom-Surin shipwreck in Thailand. Journal of Archaeological Science, 117, p.105111.

Fina Art Department Thailand Study of the ancient boat of Phanom Surin, Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Samut Sakhon Province (there is an English  translation tab at the top)

Grote, P.J., Rugmai, W., Ploymukda, S., Boriphon, B. and Jumprom, P., 2021. Use of in situ silica bodies in identification of rope fibers from the Phanom-Surin shipwreck, Samut Sakhon, Thailand. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 13, pp.1-12.

Guy, J., 2017. The Phanom Surin shipwreck, a Pahlavi inscription, and their significance for the history of early lower Central Thailand. Journal of the Siam Society, 105, pp.179-196. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342248089

Guy, J., 2019. Long distance Arab shipping in the 9th century Indian Ocean. Current Science, 117(10), pp.1647-1653.

Horton, M., 2018. East Africa, the global Gulf and the new thalassology of the Indian Ocean. THE GULF IN WORLD HISTORY, p.160.

Jindawattanaphum, S., 2022, July. The Beauty Of Women In Ancient Times From The Stucco Patterns Of The Dvaravati Period. The 14th NPRU National Academic Conference Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University.

Kedkhong, P., 2024. An Analytical Study of the Buddha's Teaching in Dvaravati Buddhist Art. Global Interactive Journal of World Religions and Cultures, 4(2), pp.118-134.

Komoot, A., 2014. Recent Discovery of a Sewn Ship in Thailand: Challenges. Underwater Archaeology in Vietnam and Southeast Asia: Co‐operation for development, Quang Ngai, pp.124-133.

Komoot, A. 2021, World’s History Unlocked: A Study on the Historical Context of the Phanom-Surin Shipwreck in Thailand

Komoot, A. Maritime connections in the Indian Ocean world during the late First Millennium CE: An archaeological study of Phanom-Surin ship in Thailand, PhD Thesis, UWA. Part One. Part Two

Komoot, A., 2021. Maritime connections in the Indian Ocean world during the late First Millennium CE: An archaeological study of Phanom-Surin ship in Thailand.

Komoot, A., 2021. Management of the Phanom-Surin Archaeological Site in Thailand: Concept, Policies and Practices. International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 17(2).

Komoot, P. Updates on the Structural Analysis of the Phanom-Surin Ship in Thailand

Lambourn, E., 2022. Sweet Water on the Sea Route to China.

Mahaphol, S., 2019 The conservation of ropes from the Phanom-Surin Shipwreck Site, Thailand. Proceedings of the 14th ICOM-CC Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Working Group Interim Meeting, Portsmouth.

Naulhom, V., Suangamaiam, T. and Sumoonwech, P., 2020. Dvaravati culture.

Nitta, E., 2017. Formation of Cities and the State of Dvaravati. KARASHIMA Noboru, HIROSUE Masashi (eds.), State Formation and Social Integration in Pre-modern South and Southeast Asia: A Comparative Study of Asian Society, pp.55-72.

Phasook, I. Dvaravati : Early Buddhist Kingdom in Central Thailand

Sankhaprasit, P. 2021, Chinese Ceramics from the Phanom-Surin Shipwreck, Thailand Evidence for Maritime Trade between China and the Indian Ocean Region before the 10th Century AD, MA Thesis, Flinders University

Tomber, R., Spataro, M. and Priestman, S., 2022. Early Islamic torpedo jars from Siraf: scientific analyses of the clay fabric and source of Indian Ocean transport containers. Iran, 60(2), pp.240-263.

Thai Titles

Huyakorn, W. 2024 แหล่งเรือจมพนม-สุรินทร์: เทคโนโลยีการต่อเรือ และโลกการค้าสมัยทวารวดี

เรือโบราณพนม-สุรินทร์ “เก่าแก่ที่สุดในไทยและอุษาคเนย์” อายุพันกว่าปีมาแล้ว… อ่านข่าวต้นฉบับได้ที่

แหล่งเรือโบราณ พนมสุรินทร์ ตำบลพันท้ายนรสิงห์ อำเภอเมืองสมุทรสาคร จังหวัดสมุทรสาคร*

Moonjinda, N. 2021.เรือโบราณพนมสุรินทร์ เรือไม้อายุ 1,200 ปีซึ่งต่อขึ้นจากเทคโนโลยีลักษณะเดียวกับที่ใช้ในคาบสมุทรอาหรับ จมลงในบริเวณอ่าวไทย เต็มไปด้วยหม้อไหจากอาหรับ จีน และเมืองโบราณสมัยทวารวดี, National Geographic, Thailand, 23.12.2021

เผยภาพคืบหน้าขุดค้นทางโบราณคดี เรือโบราณพนมสุรินทร์ ก่อนคลุมผ้าใบไม่ได้เห็นชัดๆ MGR Online, 2.10.2021

ข้อมูลใหม่ : ไขปริศนาเมล็ดพืชโบราณ จากแหล่งเรือจมพนมสุรินทร์… อ่านข่าวต้นฉบับได้ที่, SILPA Magazine,30.1.2023 (nice seed story)

Videos

3D Photogrammetry of Phanom-Surin Shipwreck ((UAD-Thailand) 3.04mins

เสวนาวิชาการ “ทศวรรษแห่งการค้นพบเรือโบราณพนมสุรินทร์ : เรือโบราณที่เก่าที่สุดในประเทศไทย 135.40mins (in Thai)