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2,000-year-old examples of these objects shaped like human heads were found at Maitum. The anthropologist Robert Bradford Fox connected the image of two men in a boat on top of one of these objects to the Visayan belief in anito. One of these objects known as a kot was ceremonially moved to Sanam Luang, (-5[1])where participants would narrate the life of Phra Malai (“PRAH MAH-lye”) during 100 days of celebrations. Due to its discovery in the Tabon Caves, the Filipino “Manunggul” one of these objects is believed to be used in a practice which names a Bronze Age culture that the Hallstatt culture succeeded. (10[3]-5[4])During (10[1])the (-5[1])Secret War, millions of (10[1])cluster bombs were dumped on a (10[1])megalithic (10[4])site (10[1])named (10[1])for (10[1])these objects (10[1])located near the town of Phonsavan (10[2])(“POHN-sah-wan”). For 10 points, thousands of what sort of objects are scattered throughout a plain (10[1])in Laos? (10[1])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: jars [or urns; or pots; or vases; or jugs; accept Urn Burial culture or Urnfield culture; accept Plain of Jars; prompt on pottery or ceramics; reject “beakers”] (The third clue refers to the Thai royal burial ceremony.)
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