OLD KANCHANABURI TOWN: AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF NORDER TOWN ARCHAEOLOGY IN THAILAND

Abstract

“Old Kanchanaburi Town” was an important town which, as a border town, prevented the Burmese battalions from moving on to Suphanburi town and Ayutthaya. The results of this archaeological study and analysis show that the town has no artificial boundaries but that the natural geographic features were used as defensive lines. The areas of the town were possibly divided into 3 functional areas as follows;

1. The religious area which comprised 4 temples

2. The political area which was composed of a fort and related defensive features

3. The domestic area which was very probably for temporally habitation

The result of researching Old Kanchanaburi Town also show the general land use patterns of the border towns during the Ayutthaya period of historic Thailand.