eLibrary: Sattahip Ko Khram 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

Brown, R.A. 2016 History of Shipwreck Excavation in Southeast Asia. ISEAS 16pp

Cort, L.A., 2017. Container jars from the Maenam Noi kilns, Thailand use and reuse along maritime trade routes in Asia. Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, 103, pp.267-296.

Evaluation Report, 2022, (in Thai)

Harper, R.2016  Catalogue of Previously Unpublished Data from Thai–Australian Excavations of the Ko Si Chang One and Two, Ko Khram, Ko Rin and Prachuap Khiri Khan Wreck Sites in the Gulf of Thailand during the 1980s.

Howitz, P.C., 1977. Two ancient shipwrecks in the Gulf of Thailand: a report on archaeological investigations. Journal of the Siam Society, 65(2), pp.1-22.

Miksic, J.N., 1995. Evolving archaeological perspectives on Southeast Asia, 1970–95. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 26(1), pp.46-62.

Orillaneda, B.C., 2016. Of Ships and Shipping: The Maritime Archaeology of Fifteenth Century CE Southeast Asia. In Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective (pp. 29-57). Springer Singapore.

Prishanchit, S., 1991. Study on junk-trade ceramics during 13th 16th Century AD salvaged from the Gulf of Thailand, International Seminar for UNESCO Integral Study of the Silk Roads: Roads of Dialogue: “Manila as an entrepot in the trans-pacific commerce”. 5-6, February, 1991. Manila, The Philippines

Sankhaprasit, P., 2016. Ko Khram Shipwreck : New Findings and Research, Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum Newsletter, 10, 1, 7-9.

Wu, C., 2016. A summary on shipwrecks of the pre-Contact Period and the development of regional maritime trade network in East Asia. In Early Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Maritime Archaeological Perspective (pp. 1-27). Springer Singapore.