Is it legal to collect at Ayutthaya, Thailand: Chao Phraya and Pa Sak river beds, old capital?

Prohibited, look only. Thai Act on Ancient Monuments, Antiques, Objects of Art and National Museums 1961: buried and sunken antiques are state property, excavation needs Fine Arts Department permission; river diving trade is tolerated but illegal

What can you find at Ayutthaya, Thailand: Chao Phraya and Pa Sak river beds, old capital?

Ayutthaya earthenware, Sukhothai and Sawankhalok stoneware, Chinese blue and white, Hizen porcelain, coins

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Ayutthaya, Thailand

Chao Phraya and Pa Sak river beds, old capital

Riverbank Documented siteProhibited, look only

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea pottery

Coins and tokens

Also reported: Chinese blue and white.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Why this spot

Island capital 1351-1767 ringed by rivers where cargo, kiln waste and the 1767 sack left ceramics in the bed.

Smithsonian SEA ceramics resource (Divers in Ayutthaya): boaters and divers excavate pots from sherds to whole vessels, earthenware, stoneware, Chinese and Japanese wares, from the Chao Phraya and Pa Sak bedsView source →