Turiang group, Ban Koh Noi, p. 33

Terrain

General Condition

Ban Koh Noi Tao Group is located on the plains along the river bank. with the Yom River flowing through the northeast The area is a large Yom River basin. There are mountains in the distance in the areas of Ban Dong Yang and Ban Pa Kha. During the rainy season, there is occasional flooding.

Ban Ko Noi is about 5 kilometers north of the old town of Si Satchanalai and 4 kilometers from the present city of Si Satchanalai.

General characteristics of the kilns both on the ground and underground. From the survey, there were at least 200 kilns in the Ban Koh Noi kiln group.

At the macro level, the Si Satchanalai area has a river I flowing through. There is a watershed from the Phi Pan Nam Mountain Range in the north of Thailand. flows through the province of Phrae to the Si Satchanalai District During the flow through the ancient city of Si Satchanalai, there are 3 rapids, namely, Kaeng Luang, Kaeng Khanna, and Kaeng Sak. There is a full eye groove, which is an old canal and is now a large canal on the north side of Si Satchanalai. This trench is waterlogged in the rainy season and dry in the dry season.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Yom River

Geological conditions

The condition of the area is relatively smooth to the undulating area, slightly sloping and the condition of the hill. Most of the area slopes from the west side to the east side. Soil characteristics include soil formed by shale decomposition and soil formed by stream sediment.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

The word "sangkhalok" is a word for wares. Only produced in Sukhothai During the 18th Buddhist century to the beginning of the 22nd Buddhist century, the beginning of production It may have been developed within the community before. because they found local pottery even though it is an uncoated container and coating type Porcelain wares, clay pottery has the same characteristics as those unglazed vessels, i.e., there is a thick, rough clay, grayish-purple color, and glazed only on the inside, such as plates, jars, and roof tiles. The popular color is olive green. Most of these cups don't have a pattern, but some have streaked stripes. Similar to the comb pattern under the coating

During the 18th-19th Buddhist century, Sukhothai had begun contact with China. especially South China and Annam or Vietnam, which were originally closely part of China. Therefore, it is likely that there will be a Chinese technician. and artisan Annam have entered the trade and settled in the furnace area both the old Sukhothai and at Si Satchanalai It appears that the production of new wares has been developed. by trying to imitate and patterns from Chinese wares in that era found chinaware There are both used to scrape the pattern under the Celadon glaze. Inside the container is a lotus pattern. flower stalk The edge of the container is outstretched. with both smooth edges and has a curved pattern lotus petal pattern and outside decorated with lotus petal patterns This is a style that is very popular in China. during the Yuan Dynasty (1823-1911), which was produced at Longquan Furnace. Zhejiang Province but after that Artisans have developed Sangkhalok utensils. to be beautiful according to their taste so see can say that the chinaware produced in the later period will have their distinctive characteristics Although there are still some Chinese patterns to be seen.

Sangkhalok production sites in Sukhothai province have 2 large groups of stoves, which are Ban Koh Noi stoves and Ban Pa Yang stoves. Located along the Yom River which is the main river that flows through Si Satchanalai District Products produced from this source of stoves along the Yom River There are many forms, ranging from jars, jars, jars, pots, pans, plates, bowls, sergeants, dolls, building ornaments such as roof tiles, eaves tiles, chicken breasts, bouquets, rooster leaves, swan tails, brali, Thepanom, as well as gatehouses. Other than that, there are dolls that are broken. Animal figurines, statues of male and female pairs, etc., which have long been known kilns have rubber wood kilns and giant kilns.

Characteristics of clay pottery of Sangkhalok at this Si Satchanalai kiln are of good quality, fine texture, and the products are more refined than those at Sukhothai kilns. There are green, olive green glaze (Celadon), white, brown, white ground, painted on a golden brown glaze. or a white background with a pattern under a gray or black coating

Methods for decorating decorative patterns, including writing under the glaze write on glaze scribble in glaze Dig and scrape it to form a pattern, stick it on the product, then coat it and use a mold. The most popular patterns are florals. especially the lotus pattern flower stalk Seaweed fish pattern, conch pattern, Chinese pattern and other exotic patterns

Ban Koh Noi kilns housed large industrial kilns in Si Satchanalai in the past. Has been doing this industry continuously and for a long time. The survey found that the stoves were gathered together in large groups. It is a long line along the right bank of the Yom River. There are many different styles of stoves depending on the function. Characteristics of the kilns at Ban Ko Noi are classified according to the wind path.

1. Horizontal kiln (Crossdraft kiln or Horizontaldraft kiln) or hood furnace It is a long stove parallel to the floor. or slope along the ground The roof is curved all the way to the chimney. The furnace can be divided into 3 parts:the front part is the combustion chamber, the second part is the container room. and the third is the part of the chimney or chimney. This type of furnace can withstand heat up to 1,200 degrees Celsius.

2. Updraft kiln or Takrab kiln This type of furnace is usually round in shape. or square It's an easy-to-build stove. It is divided into two parts:part of the container room and combustion chamber Between the two rooms there was a furnace sieve. Not very high heat resistance Can be burned at a temperature not exceeding 900 degrees Celsius Watinee Thanompolkrang compiles information, maintains the database.