Melouprey

Melouprey 

a settlement of the late Neolithic period and the Bronze and early Iron ages in northern Cambodia. It was excavated in 1939-40 by the French scholar P. Levy. The Neolithic layer (second millennium B.C.) yielded polished axes and adzes and pottery with incised geometric designs. The Bronze Age layer (first millennium B.C.) contained numerous celts, bronze daggers, and bracelets shaped like a T in cross section. The pottery comprised round-bottomed vessels and vessels with applied ornaments. The artifacts closely resemble the finds from the upper layers of Somrongsen and are related to the Dong Son culture and the Bronze Age cultures of central Indonesia. The Iron Age layers yielded pottery made on the potter’s wheel, iron hoes, and other artifacts.

REFERENCE

Levy, P. Recherches prehistoriques dans la region de Mlu-Prei. Hanoi, 1943.