Koh Sdach Shipwreck

Discovered in 2006 by fishermen off the southwest coast of the Kiri Sakor district, the shipwreck lies in 30 m of water. Cooking pots with lids, storage jars with four loop-handles of different sizes, basins, bottles, dishes, plates, mortars, porcelain and celadon bowls were found on the site of the wreck. The analysis of these artefacts indicate that they could date from 1428 to 1482 AD, the ceramics probably originating from the Mae Nam Noi kilns in Singbori province and the Si Satachanalai kilns in Sukhothai province, both in Thailand. As for the storage jars, the same type has been found in the Cardamom Mountain, in Cambodia, where they have been used for burials.

This shipwreck is a good example of the connection of Cambodia to maritime trade routes in the gulf of Thailand and mainland Southeast Asia, on the maritime Silk Roads.