🏺 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Site 8
Iron Age funerary landscape in northern Laos
📋 Fast Facts
- Iron Age site dated 500 BCE – 500 CE
- Located in Xiengkhuang Province, northern Laos, at approximately 1,000 meters elevation
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 2019
- Jars are carved from sandstone, granite, limestone, or conglomerate
Site 8 is one of the officially recognized clusters within the Megalithic Jar Sites of Xiengkhuang, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019. This archaeological complex in the Annamite Range highlands contains a smaller grouping of ancient stone jars compared to the more visited Sites 1, 2, and 3. The site demonstrates the Iron Age funerary practices of an unknown but culturally advanced society that shaped this remote highland landscape ...