Mr. Prasan Satianphan is a retired teacher of the Ban Phreak Prachasan School who was tasked with teaching local history upon retirement. Consequently, he initiated a pedestrian survey to gain a landscape overview of the Ban Phreak area. Based on items of material culture, he determined that Ban Phreak's history can be dated to before the Ayutthaya period. There are a handful of objects from the Sukhothai and Dvaravati periods, but they were not recovered from an archaeological context. This interview focuses on the formation of the museum and the details of significant objects that can provide historical information about Ban Phreak District.
This interview features Mr. Prasan Satianphan (ประสาน เสถียรพันธ์ุ), a retired teacher of the Ban Phreak Prachasan School and local historian.
The full metadata for this oral history interview can be found in the Maritime Asia Heritage Survey database under record MAHS-THA-COL-005-OH-001.
Interviewers: Pathawee Patchimtis, Kullaphut Seneevong Na Ayudhaya
Drone Footage: Sorasak Nualpak
Photographer: Jiraphon Kraichana
Interview Summary: Abhirada Komoot
Edited by: Pongsathorn Thinkamcherd
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