Khác biệt giữa bản sửa đổi của “Cánh đồng Chum”

There are total of more than 60 sites across the whole Plain of Jars that centers on the area of Xieng Khouang. They range from [[Khorat Plateau]] in [[ThailandThái Lan]] in the south, through [[LaosLào]] and to [[North Cachar Hills]] in northern [[IndiaẤn Độ]]. Archaeologists have found more similar burials in India. The jars appear to be laid in a linear path that was probably a trade route.

The jars lay in clusters. The largest one near the town of Phonsavan, known as Site 1, contains over 250 jars of varying sizes. The jars now lie amidst thousands of unexploded bombs left behind by America's so-called [[Secret War]] in [[LaosLào]] in the [[1960s]]. The large quantity of [[UXO]]s (unexploded ordnances) in the area means that only Sites 1, 2 and 3 are open to visitors—the others are considered too dangerous.

The bones, [[bead]]s, [[bronze]] andvà [[iron]] tools and other artifacts that Colani discovered led her to believe that the jars were [[funerary urn]]s. They have all since been dispersed, many to France. Her archaeological accounts have been published in the form of two large volumes, ''The Megaliths of Upper Laos''. They still remain the primary source of the area.

Another explanation for the jar's use is for collecting [[monsoon]] rainwater for the caravan travellers along their journey in a time where rain may have been only seasonal and water not readily available on the easiest foot traveled path. Rainwater could then be boiled, even if stagnant, to become potable again, a practice long understood in Eastern [[EurasiaLục địa Á-Âu]]. The trade caravans that were camping around these jars and could have placed beads inside jars as an offering, to accompany prayers for rain or they might simply have been lost items.