Comments on: In Log Coffins, First Glimpses of a Mysterious Asian People http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/in-log-coffins-first-glimpses-of-a-mysterious-asian-people/ Tapping experts in climate, geology, oceanography, ecology, sustainable development, global health, energy, food and water, State of the Planet captures stories of how the Earth works and how we can sustainably make our lives better. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: A Guide to Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork – Press Resources - State of the Planet http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/in-log-coffins-first-glimpses-of-a-mysterious-asian-people/comment-page-1/#comment-64686 A Guide to Upcoming Scientific Fieldwork – Press Resources - State of the Planet Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:20:34 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26193#comment-64686 [...] Using log coffins to study an unknown civilization [...]

]]> By: Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/in-log-coffins-first-glimpses-of-a-mysterious-asian-people/comment-page-1/#comment-58516 Kevin Krajick Thu, 10 May 2012 17:35:13 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26193#comment-58516 Buckley and his colleagues have found many old trees in scattered parts of southeast Asia, dating back 1,000 years or more, but still alive and standing. You can see an audio slideshow of one such expedition to highland Vietnam at: http://www.earth.columbia.edu/videos/watch/108.

]]> By: Kevin Krajick http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/in-log-coffins-first-glimpses-of-a-mysterious-asian-people/comment-page-1/#comment-58515 Kevin Krajick Thu, 10 May 2012 17:32:35 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26193#comment-58515 These coffins are quite small–child size–but there is no reason to think that the people whose remains are held there were smaller than anyone else in this area during historical times. They date back only 400 to 600 years, and seem to be “secondary” burials, of whole or partial skeletons already disarticulated, so they have no trouble fitting inside. In ritual style though, you are correct; these people did not adhere to the customs of the larger civilizations then dominating the region, and so may have been a group apart.

]]> By: Nancy H. Lara http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/in-log-coffins-first-glimpses-of-a-mysterious-asian-people/comment-page-1/#comment-58461 Nancy H. Lara Thu, 10 May 2012 07:56:12 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26193#comment-58461 “Buckley has previously studied the fall of Angkor itself, by hiking into remote places of southeast Asia to find old trees, but this was his first mortuary expedition. You can hear sounds from the expedition on this Canadian Broadcasting Corp. segment from the Cardamom Mountains.”

Hi, i just want to ask what happened in their expedition in hiking into remote places of southeast Asia to find old trees? Did they find any tree as evidence?

]]> By: Body Of Anatomy http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/05/07/in-log-coffins-first-glimpses-of-a-mysterious-asian-people/comment-page-1/#comment-57515 Body Of Anatomy Tue, 08 May 2012 17:47:05 +0000 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=26193#comment-57515 Studying the remains of past civilizations and their way of life often gives us insight into preconceived ideas that just because someone lives in a certain area does not mean they adhered to the customs of that area. It is interesting to note that they used an entire tree as a coffin. Were the bodies small in comparison to the stature of man today, even Cambodian body of anatomy skeletons? Did the bodies correspond with markers for other skeletons of people from that area or were they from another part of Asia? Just some thoughts that were not mentioned.

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