via Around the O, 14 March 2022: Fieldwork season starting soon for Alison Carter and Miriam Stark at Cambodia’s Battambang province.
University of Oregon archaeology professor Alison Carter will travel to Cambodia this summer to continue her field work at Prasat Basaet temple in the country’s Battambang province to try to answer that question, as well as work with locals on the importance of cultural preservation and the value of archaeology.
Carter will travel to Cambodia in June as part of a $318,000 National Science Foundation grant project. The project, “Power, Prasat and Periphery: Becoming Provincial Angkor,” is a partnership between the University of Oregon, the University of Hawaii and the Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts.
Carter will work with University of Hawaii professor Miriam Stark as co-principal investigator. Through the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, the Cambodian government sends representatives and archaeologists to collaborate with Stark and Carter on the digs and facilitate connections with the local population.
Source: UO archaeologist plans return to explore Cambodian temple | Around the O
