Things to do in Ban Chiang
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Ban Chiang National Museum
This excellent museum exhibits a wealth of pottery from all Ban Chiang periods, plus myriad metal objects, including spearheads, sickles, fish hooks, ladles and neck rings. The displays (with English labels) offer excellent insight into the region's distant past and how its mysteries were unravelled. Hidden in back is a room showcasing the culture of the Tai Phuan people, who migrated here about 200 years ago and founded the town. One kilometre east at Wat Pho Si Nai is an original burial ground excavation pit , with a cluster of 52 individual burial sites dating to 300 BC. It shows how bodies were laid to rest with (infants placed inside) pottery.
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Wat Pa Lelai
For something completely different, visit this wát 500m north of the burial site, across the little bridge. The awesome childlike murals in the two-story building at the back are both enlightening and entertaining.
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Phuan Thai House
About 300m southwest of the burial site (follow the signs for 'Phuan House which the King and Queen visited in 1972') , this traditional Isan house is also promoted as an attraction, but the still-lived-in houses throughout the village are more interesting.
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