So, this was an interesting place to visit, although there certainly were a lot of pots everywhere.
Well, the pots were the reason for what happened there!
True. There were just SO MANY POTS! And none to actually cook with!
Leave it to you to think like that, Captain. ANYWAY, Baan Chiang has a museum with items up to 6000 years old. It has also preserved an archeological dig site as an open air museum.
Of course, the pots are in the museum.
The Museum hoses things other than pots, including the remains of ancient villagers. Unfortunately, the modern villagers kind of messed things up for archaeologists.
Messed up? I think they made it nearly impossible for the experts to study the area! It all started when villagers found and used these enormous clay pots that were found buried.
That would have been okay, except collectors of ancient things began offering the villagers a LOT of money for unbroken pots. The villagers began digging everywhere to find these pots, which messed up the buried archaeological sites.
They even glued together and sold broken pots!
Fortunately, one of the universities in Thailand found and preserved one site. That is now the open air museum.
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