@article{ART002533253},
author={Lei Lei Win},
title={A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar},
journal={SUVANNABHUMI},
issn={2092-738X},
year={2015},
volume={7},
number={1},
pages={157-186},
doi={10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lei Lei Win
TI - A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar
JO - SUVANNABHUMI
PY - 2015
VL - 7
IS - 1
PB - Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies
SP - 157
EP - 186
SN - 2092-738X
AB - Sittaung-Thanlwin region in Lower Myanmar is an ecological niche for human settlement. Evidences of human activities in the region are seen through various archaeological sites or settlements along the coastal area between the rivers Sittaung and Thanlwin (Salween). In Lower Myanmar, scholar, U Aung Myint, discovered one major site Kyaikkatha and other small scale sites, namely, Sittaung, Kawhtin, Kadaikgyi, Kadaikkalay, Katkadit, Kelatha (little Zothoke), Ayetthama, Winka, Zothoke (big Zothoke), Lagonbyi (Sampannago), Wagaru, Laming and Ye in present day Mon State. In 1980, U Aung Myint undertook an exploration program at Kyaikkatha. After the exploration, an excavation team conducted systematic digging at Kyaikkatha in March 1986. Excavation continued occasionally at Kyaikkatha throughout the years between 1995 and 2000. It is known that Kyaikkatha, the old city, reveals a kind of monumental civilization exposing four religious structures (a stupa and three monasteries). This essay looks into the distribution of features within Kyaikkatha and infers on its social, political, and religious organization.
This essay is also about a new discovery of an early urban settlement located at the apex of the Gulf of Muttama (Martaban) where a lost city of Suvaṇṇahumi flourished in the ancient days. By means of aerial photographic observations, the site had been noticed recently, which was by followed some excavations. More systematic and detail surveying may be needed to know more about the site and its features for comparison to other similar settlements of through-out mainland South East Asia.
KW - Ecological Niche;Urban Settlement;Monumental Civilization;Aerial Photographic Observations
DO - 10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
ER -
Lei Lei Win. (2015). A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar. SUVANNABHUMI, 7(1), 157-186.
Lei Lei Win. 2015, "A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar", SUVANNABHUMI, vol.7, no.1 pp.157-186. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
Lei Lei Win "A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar" SUVANNABHUMI 7.1 pp.157-186 (2015) : 157.
Lei Lei Win. A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar. 2015; 7(1), 157-186. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
Lei Lei Win. "A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar" SUVANNABHUMI 7, no.1 (2015) : 157-186.doi: 10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
Lei Lei Win. A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar. SUVANNABHUMI, 7(1), 157-186. doi: 10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
Lei Lei Win. A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar. SUVANNABHUMI. 2015; 7(1) 157-186. doi: 10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
Lei Lei Win. A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar. 2015; 7(1), 157-186. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
Lei Lei Win. "A Study on Kyaikkatha: An Early Urban Settlement in Lower Myanmar" SUVANNABHUMI 7, no.1 (2015) : 157-186.doi: 10.22801/svn.2015.7.1.157
