page_title: Prehistoric Thailand
section_title: 2,500 years ago: Bronze Age
hierarchical_section_title: Prehistoric Thailand / 2,500 years ago: Bronze Age
caption_attribution_description: Bowl with base. Lopburi 2300 BCE. Thailand, Bang Chiang culture. 210-200 BCE. Ceramic, painted. 132 cm. Located in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem.
context_page_description: Prehistoric Thailand may be traced back as far as 1,000,000 years ago from the fossils and stone tools found in northern and western Thailand. At an archaeological site in Lampang, northern Thailand Homo erectus fossils, Lampang Man, dating back 1,000,000 – 500,000 years, have been discovered. Stone tools have been widely found in Kanchanaburi, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Lopburi. Prehistoric cave paintings have also been found in these regions, dating back 10,000 years.
caption: Ban Chiang pottery in the Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin-Dahlem
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