The archaeology of Ban Non Wat: a view of the collaborative process

Abstract

[Extract] In this article I reflect on the importance of collaboration in all its forms to ongoing research at the site of Ban Non Wat in Northeast Thailand (Figure 1). Academically, collaboration crosses international and disciplinary boundaries. However, the level of collaboration goes much deeper than that, including close and ongoing relationships with those who still call Ban Non Wat their home, with the wider local community and, in a very real way, with all the past and present spirits of the "place."