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🏺 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Site 28

Archaeology & Antiquity Laos Asia

🏺 Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars, Site 28
Iron Age funerary landscape on the Annamite Plateau, Laos


🕐 3 min read · Updated 2 Apr 2026 at 10:16

UNESCOUNESCO World Heritage Site

📋 Fast Facts
  • One of 15 core protected jar sites within the UNESCO World Heritage inscription (2019)
  • Iron Age origin: c. 500 BCE – 500 CE
  • Located on the Annamite Plateau, approximately 1,000 meters above sea level
  • Site contains clustered megalithic jars carved from sandstone, limestone, granite, and conglomerate

Site 28 is one of the officially documented jar fields within the Plain of Jars in Xiengkhuang Province ...

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