🏺 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Site 3 (Groups 1 & 3)
Iron Age funerary monument cluster in Laos, UNESCO World Heritage Site
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription: 2019
- Historical period: Iron Age (500 BCE – 500 CE)
- Location: Xiengkhuang Province, Laos; coordinates 19.292994, 103.150692
- Primary material: Sandstone jars, 1–3 meters in height
- Presumed function: Funerary practices and ritual burial
Site 3 (Groups 1 & 3) is part of the Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of ...