A Resource Management Strategy in the Angkorian Stoneware Industry 71 A RESOURCE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY IN THE ANGKORIAN STONEWARE INDUSTRY Yukitsugu TABATA ABSTRACT: Intensive archaeological excavation of ancient kiln sites in Cambodia — never conducted in the pre-civil war period — has enabled us to start detailed studies of Khmer stoneware. Although unearthed kilns and numerous artifacts provide clues to understanding the distinguished and unique skills of ancient Angkorian potters, carbonized woods from kiln sites have not been fully examined, except for dating purposes, and thus our understanding of fuel management for the Angkorian stoneware industry is limited. Therefore, in this paper, reconstructing Khmer stoneware-making techniques, especially resource management of fuel based on collected carbonized wood from kilns in Angkor will be examined. Identifcation of taxa by microscopic analysis shows that all samples are classifed into the diferent genus and family of the broadleaf tree. The utilization of miscellaneous trees does not seem to have been a strictly controlled resource. Angkorian potters probably selected a resource strategy of collecting many species of locally available wood rather than preparing specifc tree plantings for fuel that is sometimes observed in East Asian pyrotechnology. If we designate the latter type of resource strategy as a highly controlled resource strategy, the strategy used for Angkorian kilns would be a kind of bricolage. 1. Introduction Beautiful translucent greenish or semitransparent brown glazed stoneware with distinctive forms — so-called Khmer stoneware ceramics — is a category of high-fred stoneware mainly produced in the pre-modern Khmer territory and generally unearthed from Angkorian monuments. In the past two decades, intensive research on ancient kiln sites in Cambodia has enabled