First Direct Dating for the Construction and Modification of the Baphuon Temple Mountain in Angkor, Cambodia
By Stéphanie Leroy, Mitch Hendrickson, Emmanuelle Delqué-Količ, Enrique Vega, and Philippe Dillmann
13 pagesThe Theravada modification is a hundred years prior to the conventional 16th century estimation and is not associated with renewed use of Angkor. Instead it relates to the Ayutthayan occupation of Angkor in the 1430s and 40s during a major period of climatic instability.