Angkor's sandstone temples are world-famous, but deep in the Cardamom Mountains and along the Mekong's upper tributaries, Khmer builders left behind something far stranger: stone jars, dolmens, and megalithic alignments that predate Angkor Wat by centuries. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the little-known 'Plain of Jars' of Cambodia, the mysterious jar-and-dolmen sites of the Khorat Plateau, and the evidence that Khmer expansion into the uplands was driven by iron ore and exotic forest products. They trace the journey of a 3-ton jar from a quarry on Phnom Kulen to a remote ceremonial site, and examine how Zhou Daguan's 13th-century account of Angkor mentions these stones only in passing. Was this a separate megalithic culture absorbed by the Khmer, or a homegrown tradition erased by time? Featuring the sites of Sre Ruessei, Kbal Spean, and the recently surveyed jar fields of Mondulkiri.
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