Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
A village in the Udon Thani countryside where digs from 1966 onwards turned up red-painted pottery, bronze made on the spot and more than a hundred burials. The finds have been studied for clues to the farming, diet and health of the people who lived here, and the site has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1992.
- Where
- Ban Chiang, Udon Thani, Thailand
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 17.5486, 103.3583
Get the Ban Chiang Archaeological Site stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ban Chiang Archaeological Site. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Udon Thani volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ban Chiang Archaeological Site
Sala Kaew Ku 72 km
A park of giant concrete figures drawn from Buddhism and Hinduism, close to the Mekong and the Lao border at Nong Khai. It was begun in 1978 by Luang Pu Bunleua Sulilat and his followers, who had already made the Buddha Park across the river in Laos, and here the visions grew larger and wilder still.
Wat Phu Tok 85 km
A meditation wat built up the sides of a lone sandstone mountain in Bueng Kan. Wooden walkways cling to the cliffs, climbing level by level past caves and shrines, with the plains of the northeast spread out below.
Hin Sam Wan 92 km
A 75 million year old rock formation jutting from a hill near the Mekong in Bueng Kan. From certain angles the rocks look like a family of whales, which is what the name means, and two of them can be walked out onto, though the baby whale is out of reach.
Sirindhorn Museum 97 km
A geology museum at Non Buri in Kalasin's Sahatsakhan district, given over to the dinosaurs whose fossils have been dug from the hills here. Skeletons, casts and models tell the story of the creatures that once lived in what is now Isan.
Phu Phra Bat Historical Park 108 km
A wooded hillside in Udon Thani scattered with strange sandstone formations, pillars, overhangs and balanced boulders, around which religious shrines were built. Some of the rock shelters still carry prehistoric paintings, and a trail links them through the forest.
Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon 139 km
A nine-storey stupa at Wat Nong Waeng in Khon Kaen's old town, 80 metres tall on a square base 50 metres to a side. It was raised for King Bhumibol's Golden Jubilee and the province's 200th year, modelled on the Isan form of Phra That Kham Kaen.
Erawan Cave 139 km
A cave high in a limestone hill in Nong Bua Lamphu, reached by a long stairway from the road. A large white Buddha sits at the entrance looking out over the rice fields, and the chambers behind run deep into the rock.
Phu Wiang Dinosaur Museum 151 km
A geological museum in the hills of Khon Kaen province given over mainly to fossils, run by the Department of Mineral Resources. Its grounds cover some 16 hectares in Wiang Kao district, and it has been open to the public since 2009.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Udon Thani
Questions
Where is Ban Chiang Archaeological Site?
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site is in Ban Chiang, Udon Thani, Thailand. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Sala Kaew Ku (72 km), Wat Phu Tok (85 km), Hin Sam Wan (92 km).
How do I get the Ban Chiang Archaeological Site stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ban Chiang Archaeological Site and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Udon Thani volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ban Chiang Archaeological Site before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Udon Thani volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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