Ban Pa Yang Tao Turiang Group, p. 32

Terrain

General Condition

The archaeological site is located on high mounds and embankments. on the west bank of the Yom River 600-700 meters from Si Satchanalai to the north.

According to a survey of the Fine Arts Department, there are about 21 stoves, most of them located on a mound of soil 2-4 meters high.

The nature of the area is generally plain on the banks of the river. with the Yom River flowing through the northeast 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.

Geological features in Si Satchanalai District The condition is Shale, Olive or Gray to Dark Gray, found in large pieces from the area. In addition, it was found that limestone (Limestone) pale color, fine texture, inserted in the middle of Huai Mae San watershed as well.

The agronomic characteristics It is almost all residual soil. Because most of the area is a mountainous area with steep slopes. Therefore, this soil unit is classified as a slope complex. The resulting soil is a stationary soil with relatively good soil development. These soils have mixed forests. cover in general The humidity is quite high.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

The stove in the Ban Pa Yang stove group looks and is shaped like a hood or a horizontal heat flow kiln. This makes this type of stove high heat and can control the temperature well. Used to burn tough-bodied vessels and general porcelain.

Ban Pa Yang furnace group can be divided into 2 groups:

1. Giant Stove Group It is a group of furnaces arranged near the town of Si Satchanalai. There are about 15 stoves lined up, a stove that in addition to burning utensils and crockery. Some are also used to burn large floating sculptures. and various architectural ornaments such as giants, angels, nagas, makas, chofa, bai roka, etc. The name of the giant furnace is the name the villagers call because of the giant sculpture found inside the furnace.

dollhouse group Located about 600 meters from the giant furnace group, it is a group of furnaces that produce small floating sculptures of both people and animals. because many small sculptures were found Such as figure dolls, animal figures, especially dolls with missing heads. or commonly known as Siakkaban doll

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 a comb pattern under the coating

During the 18th-19th Buddhist century, I understood that 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, Chinese wares were found 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 farted. 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 BC), which was produced at the 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 the 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