We are not professional archaeologists or anthropologists. But we have lived in and explored much of Thailand over the last 40 or more years. Our interests lie in the ancient. And there is a lot of it to see.

The Khmer influence is quite obvious, but there are other groups – Dvaravati, Mon, Tai and others. There is very little – if any written knowledge from these times, so all we have is the ruins and monuments left behind by these people.

We are not going to claim to be authorities on any of the sites we describe here, and we will borrow heavily from the academic literature available. We will though try to describe as many as we can and hope it will pique the interest of others.

Some useful reference books are available here:

Slices of Thai History
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1091213992

Thailand Timeline: History 1500-2015
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1533038368

Before Siam: Essays in Art and Archaeology

https://www.amazon.com/Before-Siam-Essays-Art-Archaeology/dp/6167339414

And here is an old map (circa 1886) that shows a lot of the older place names and borders. It is a free download of about 2MB. Get it here.