Rasmi Shooocongdej (B.A. (Archaeology), Silpakorn University; Ph.D. (Anthropology, University of Michigan) is an associate professor of archaeology and a former chair of the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, Bangkok, Thailand.
Rasmi’s areas of interest include late-to post-Pleistocene forager in the tropics, Southeast Asian prehistory, cave archaeology, and archaeology and ethnic education. Her research areas are Mae Hong Son and Kanchanaburi province, western part of Thailand. Her field experiences include northern, western, central, and southern Thailand; Cambodia, southwestern USA, and southeastern Turkey.
She is a co-founder and co-editor (with Dr Elisabeth Bacus) of Southeast Asian Archaeology International Newsletter (1992-present). She is an advisory board on Southeast Asian Archaeology for World Archaeology Journal (UK), Asian Perspectives (University of Hawaii, USA), Bulletin of Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association (IPPA, Australian National University, Australia).
Rasmi actively involves in archaeological developments and activities in Thailand and Southeast Asia. For instance, she has been elected as an expert member of International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICOMOS) and was elected as a senior representative for the Southeast Asian and the Pacific Region in the World Archaeological Congress Council as well as an executive member of Southeast Asian Prehistorian Association. Apart than professional services, she has also been intensively worked with the local communities and Thai general public on heritage protections and archaeological educations.
The series consist of photographs, field notes, maps, books, reports, VDO and letters, etc. from Rasmi Shoocongdej’s archaeological research, the Highland Archaeology Project in Mae Hong Son and the private collection.
