GLASS BEADS FROM 15TH-17TH CENTURY CE JAR BURIAL SITES IN CAMBODIA'S CARDAMOM MOUNTAINS

A total of 74 glass beads, included as grave goods in 15th-17th century CE jar burials from Cambodia's Cardamom Mountains, were analysed using laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma - mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Several glass types were identified, including two subtypes of high-alumina mineral soda glass, and lead-potash glass. The final glass type represents a newly discovered and previously unidentified type of high-alumina soda glass, with high magnesia (m-Na-Al Mg>). This study represents the first glass data from the mid-second millennium CE from Cambodia and sheds light on the multiple long-distance maritime exchange networks in which the upland people buried in the jars were participating.