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The Invisible City: Angkor's Wooden Houses and Ordinary Life
Angkor is famous for its stone temples, but what about the people who lived there? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the hidden archaeology of ordinary Khmer life: the wooden houses on stilts, the floating villages on the Tonlé Sap, and the markets Zhou Daguan described in the 1290s. They discuss how LIDAR surveys have revealed entire grids of residential plots, the role of palm sugar and fish paste in the economy, and the surprising freedom of Khmer women. The conversation also touches on the decline — why did so many ordinary people abandon Angkor? Was it environmental, economic, or…
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