port house

Terrain

General condition

Ban Tha Ruea Archaeological Site, Tha Ruea Subdistrict, Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat District Located on the San Sai River, Nakhon Si Thammarat with a canal port. (Khlong Hua Trut) flows through the east. and Khlong Wang Wua which is a sub-branch of Khlong Tha Ruea flows through the west The archaeological site is located 4-5 kilometers south of the ancient city of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

There are surrounding territory (Tharapong Srisuchart 1999 :3302) as follows:

North Adjacent to Ban Hua Meena – Wat Pho, abandoned (deserted)

east Adjacent to the canal pier

west It is a lowland area.

South Adjacent to Baan Phang Sing

At present, Ban Tha Ruea is an agricultural area. Nakhon Si Thammarat College of Dramatic Arts Allotted villages, Kubor and people's houses with Highway 4017 cutting through the source.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

It is in the influence zone of the Canal River Basin and is considered the main river, flowing through the east and south of the source. with Khlong Wang Wua (Branch river of Khlong Tha Ruea) is a secondary river. flows through the west.

Geological conditions

Ban Tha Ruea Archaeological Site is located on San Sai Nakhon Si Thammarat. The San Sai Nakhon Si Thammarat is a long line parallel to the coast along the north-south direction. starting from Sichon District Tha Sala to Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat and Chian Yai districts Occurred in the Holocene, about 6,000 years ago, sand dunes formed by the action of waves. The tides carried the sand up to accumulate until it became a sand dunes. From the study of the movement of sand along the southern coast, it was found that Waves along the coast from Khanom District From Nakhon Si Thammarat Province to Narathiwat, it is a large wave that occurs in the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam and is directed from the east. When moving towards the shore, it becomes a breaking wave in the shallow area. It runs along the south coast to the north and has high tide turbulence. causing the sand along the coast to rise from the sandy bottom Coastal currents carry sand along the coast. The bottom layer of the dunes is muddy. Sediments from rivers and sea dunes carry over to form sand dunes (Amara Khantisit and Tharapong Srisuchart 1986 :1011)

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Ban Tha Ruea Archaeological Site Located on the ridge of Nakhon Si Thammarat, on the banks of the canal, in the area of ​​Tha Ruea Subdistrict, Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat District, is currently considered one of the archaeological sites of the ancient canal community group. Studies have assumed that communities may have evolved since the beginning of history. But archaeological evidence at Ban Tha Rue will be evident during the 13th-18th Buddhist century. Important artifacts found at the important port archaeological site include polished stone axes, stone bracelets, glass beads or bead with eyes. Chinese wares, glazed in olive green, Yue (Yue ware) Tang dynasty dated around the 12th-13th Buddhist century. Chinese wares from the Qiwan stove. Tang Dynasty Light olive green glaze jars are not fully coated. Similar to the type found in Indonesia during the 13th-16th Buddhist centuries, dishes, cassettes, green glazed Celadon vases from Longchuan kilns, Xijiang Province, aged around 18-19 Buddhist centuries, cassettes, jars, white glazed vases from Dehua kilns, Fujian Province. Yon, around the 18th-19th Buddhist century, etc. (Department of Fine Arts, M.P.A.:17)

Importance of Ban Tha Rue Archaeological Site Organized as an archaeological site where important Chinese wares were found. Scholars therefore assumed that it was a trading port in the past because of the port canal rivers flowing out to sea easily. Evidence is evident during the 13th-18th Buddhist century, with a large number of Chinese wares found in the harbor canal and the Ban Tha Ru archaeological site. Ban Tha Rue archaeological site gradually lost its importance after the 19th Buddhist century when there was a development downstream of the canal port or the city of Nakhon Si Thammarat in later times.