SPAFA Journal

The SPAFA Journal is the annual publication of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA) in Bangkok, Thailand. It carries original research papers and multimedia articles on the archaeology, visual arts, performing arts, traditional arts, heritage conservation and cultural heritage of Southeast Asia. Submissions are accepted all-year round.


Vol 3 (2019)

Table of Contents

Research Articles

Drone photo of the Nat Yekan sacred water tank in May 2017 (note the carved stair in the foreground). Source: Saw Tun Lin
Water, Ritual, and Prosperity at the Classical Capital of Bagan, Myanmar (11th to 14th Centuries CE): Archaeological Exploration of the Tuyin-Thetso “Water Mountain” and the Nat Yekan Sacred Water Tank | ၁၁ မွ ၁၄ရာစ( ◌ျမ+,ာ့ ဂႏ◌ၲဝင34ဂံေ◌ခတ္၏ ေ◌ရအသံ◌(◌းခ်မႈ၊ ႐ိ(းရာေဓလ့ႏ◌ွင္◌ ့ သာယာေဝ◌ျပာမႈ - အGထတIJမတK ားရာ နတ္ေ◌ရကန္ ◌ႏ◌ွင္◌ ့တရ( ငကN Oိ4းေ◌တာင္ ေ◌ရအသံ◌(◌းခ်မႈဆိ(ငQာ ေ◌ရွးေ◌ဟာင္◌းသ(ေ◌တသန စSးစမ္◌းရွာေ◌ြဖ◌ျခင္◌း
Gyles Iannone, Pyiet Phyo Kyaw, Scott Macrae, Nyein Chan Soe, Saw Tun Lin, Kong F. Cheong
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