26 May 1980

Dear Mr Plant,

Excavations at Ban Chiang in N.E. Thailand resulted in the recovery of chicken bone as part of the burial offerings. In some cases complete skeletons of the bird were placed on the human chest area. There were also some chicken remains in the middens.

I enclose a reprint covering the economy and chronology in question. I think the Gallus in question is a domesticated S.E. Asian jungle fowl, but have not studied the bones in the detail they deserve.

Miss Cave has gone to Canada and I am unsure of her address.

Yours sincerely,

Charles F.W.Higham
Professor of Anthropology