Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology - ISEAA

The Ban Chiang Project investigates a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northeast Thailand, with research on its mortuary and occupation history across premetal and metal periods. The Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology is a nonprofit formed in late 2013, building on scholarship that began at the Penn Museum in the late 1960s. It advances multidisciplinary research on the archaeology of Southeast Asia through international collaborations and initiatives. Its work includes the Middle Mekong Archaeological Project, which studies human prehistory along the river, and digital scholarly resources such as a bibliography and archaeological data. The institute also assumes responsibility for former Penn Museum research projects, including Ban Chiang, and supports research and publication.