Rachna Chhay
Biographic Data
| ID | 261267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachna Chhay |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachna |
| FAMILY NAME | Chhay |
| SIGNATURE | CHHAY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | APSARA National Authority |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5591-0736 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Broken Buddhas, burials, and sanctuary-adjacent sanctuaries
A growing body of scholarship exploring Cambodia's cultural-religious environment alongside reinterpretations of ancient Angkorian epigraphy has illuminated the enduring sacredness of Cambodia's ancient religious places and objects. This assertion comes despite apparent dissociation of these elements from their original ascribed identities (Brahmano-Buddhist) and disuse as focal points of politico-religious congregation at some point in the past.…
Form, structure and long-term Angkorian urbanism
Prasat and Pteah
The Angkor empire (9-15th centuries CE) was one of mainland Southeast Asia's major civilizations, with a 3000 km 2 agro-urban capital located in northwest Cambodia. Since 2010, the Greater Angkor Project has been investigating occupation areas within Angkor's urban core. This work has identified temple enclosures as important residential areas that made up part of Angkor's civic-ceremonial center. In this paper, we review excavations from residen…
Angkorian Khmer stoneware
The evolution of agro-urbanism
The vast agro-urban settlements that developed in the humid tropics of Mesoamerica and Asia contained both elite civic-ceremonial spaces and sprawling metropolitan areas. Recent studies have suggested that both local autonomy and elite policies facilitated the development of these settlements; however, studies have been limited by a lack of detail in considering how, when, and why these factors contributed to the evolution of these sites. In this…
Two Traditions
The production of Khmer roof tiles underwent dramatic technical and stylistic changes during the pre-Angkorian (ca. c.e. 500–802) and Angkorian (c.e. 802–1431) periods. It has long been assumed that the regional expansion of Khmer political power and its intensive interregional trade and interactions with China during the Angkorian period were crucial factors in this transformation. This article presents the first integrated study on the producti…
The Khmer did not live by rice alone
Centralized power/decentralized production? Angkorian stoneware and the southern production complex of Cheung Ek, Cambodia
Urbanism and Residential Patterning in Angkor
The Khmer Empire (9th–15th centuries a.d.), centered on the Greater Angkor region, was the most extensive political entity in the history of mainland Southeast Asia. Stone temples constructed by Angkorian kings and elites were widely assumed to have been loci of ritual as well as habitation, though the latter has been poorly documented archaeologically. In this paper, we present the results of two field seasons of excavation at the temple site of…
New Dates for Old Kilns
Radiocarbon dates from recent excavations of a range of Angkorian Khmer (~9th–14th CE) stoneware kiln complexes provide a new and independent perspective on the timing and geography of Khmer ceramic production. These data demonstrate a clear two-phase sequence. The first, in the late 9th to late 12th centuries CE, marks a period of intensive production located both to the east of Angkor and to the south at Cheung Ek, south of Phnom Penh. A second…
Angkor Wat
The buried 'towers' of Angkor Wat
Residential patterning at Angkor Wat
Considerable attention has been devoted to the architecture and art history of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple in the last century. There has, however, been little research on the functions and internal organisation of the large rectangular enclosure surrounding the temple. Such enclosures have long been assumed to have been sacred precincts, or perhaps 'temple-cities': work exploring the archaeological patterning for habitation within them has been…
Residential patterning at Angkor Wat
Considerable attention has been devoted to the architecture and art history of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple in the last century. There has, however, been little research on the functions and internal organisation of the large rectangular enclosure surrounding the temple. Such enclosures have long been assumed to have been sacred precincts, or perhaps 'temple-cities': work exploring the archaeological patterning for habitation within them has been…
Angkor Wat
The evolution of agro-urbanism
The vast agro-urban settlements that developed in the humid tropics of Mesoamerica and Asia contained both elite civic-ceremonial spaces and sprawling metropolitan areas. Recent studies have suggested that both local autonomy and elite policies facilitated the development of these settlements; however, studies have been limited by a lack of detail in considering how, when, and why these factors contributed to the evolution of these sites. In this…
Urbanism and Residential Patterning in Angkor
The Khmer Empire (9th–15th centuries a.d.), centered on the Greater Angkor region, was the most extensive political entity in the history of mainland Southeast Asia. Stone temples constructed by Angkorian kings and elites were widely assumed to have been loci of ritual as well as habitation, though the latter has been poorly documented archaeologically. In this paper, we present the results of two field seasons of excavation at the temple site of…
The buried 'towers' of Angkor Wat
The Khmer did not live by rice alone
New Dates for Old Kilns
Radiocarbon dates from recent excavations of a range of Angkorian Khmer (~9th–14th CE) stoneware kiln complexes provide a new and independent perspective on the timing and geography of Khmer ceramic production. These data demonstrate a clear two-phase sequence. The first, in the late 9th to late 12th centuries CE, marks a period of intensive production located both to the east of Angkor and to the south at Cheung Ek, south of Phnom Penh. A second…
Centralized power/decentralized production? Angkorian stoneware and the southern production complex of Cheung Ek, Cambodia
Form, structure and long-term Angkorian urbanism
Angkor Wat
The buried 'towers' of Angkor Wat
Residential patterning at Angkor Wat
Considerable attention has been devoted to the architecture and art history of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple in the last century. There has, however, been little research on the functions and internal organisation of the large rectangular enclosure surrounding the temple. Such enclosures have long been assumed to have been sacred precincts, or perhaps 'temple-cities': work exploring the archaeological patterning for habitation within them has been…
Urbanism and Residential Patterning in Angkor
The Khmer Empire (9th–15th centuries a.d.), centered on the Greater Angkor region, was the most extensive political entity in the history of mainland Southeast Asia. Stone temples constructed by Angkorian kings and elites were widely assumed to have been loci of ritual as well as habitation, though the latter has been poorly documented archaeologically. In this paper, we present the results of two field seasons of excavation at the temple site of…
New Dates for Old Kilns
Radiocarbon dates from recent excavations of a range of Angkorian Khmer (~9th–14th CE) stoneware kiln complexes provide a new and independent perspective on the timing and geography of Khmer ceramic production. These data demonstrate a clear two-phase sequence. The first, in the late 9th to late 12th centuries CE, marks a period of intensive production located both to the east of Angkor and to the south at Cheung Ek, south of Phnom Penh. A second…
Two Traditions
The production of Khmer roof tiles underwent dramatic technical and stylistic changes during the pre-Angkorian (ca. c.e. 500–802) and Angkorian (c.e. 802–1431) periods. It has long been assumed that the regional expansion of Khmer political power and its intensive interregional trade and interactions with China during the Angkorian period were crucial factors in this transformation. This article presents the first integrated study on the producti…
The Khmer did not live by rice alone
Centralized power/decentralized production? Angkorian stoneware and the southern production complex of Cheung Ek, Cambodia
Angkorian Khmer stoneware
The evolution of agro-urbanism
The vast agro-urban settlements that developed in the humid tropics of Mesoamerica and Asia contained both elite civic-ceremonial spaces and sprawling metropolitan areas. Recent studies have suggested that both local autonomy and elite policies facilitated the development of these settlements; however, studies have been limited by a lack of detail in considering how, when, and why these factors contributed to the evolution of these sites. In this…
Form, structure and long-term Angkorian urbanism
Prasat and Pteah
The Angkor empire (9-15th centuries CE) was one of mainland Southeast Asia's major civilizations, with a 3000 km 2 agro-urban capital located in northwest Cambodia. Since 2010, the Greater Angkor Project has been investigating occupation areas within Angkor's urban core. This work has identified temple enclosures as important residential areas that made up part of Angkor's civic-ceremonial center. In this paper, we review excavations from residen…
Broken Buddhas, burials, and sanctuary-adjacent sanctuaries
A growing body of scholarship exploring Cambodia's cultural-religious environment alongside reinterpretations of ancient Angkorian epigraphy has illuminated the enduring sacredness of Cambodia's ancient religious places and objects. This assertion comes despite apparent dissociation of these elements from their original ascribed identities (Brahmano-Buddhist) and disuse as focal points of politico-religious congregation at some point in the past.…
Archaeology (13 works) · Geography (12 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (10 works) · History (10 works) · Ancient history (8 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (7 works) · History (6 works) · Cambodian History and Society (5 works) · Architecture (4 works) · Economy (4 works)