This archaeological location is littered with unexploded cluster bombs and mines from the Secret War, during which the CIA trained many local Hmong guerrilla troops to fight the Communist central government.
According to one theory, this location was at the center of a trade route connecting similar sites at Sa Huynh and the North Cachar Hills. That theory was proposed in 1930 by the amateur French archaeologist Madeleine Colani, who claimed that this location had served as a crematorium. According to legend, it was built by the giant king Khun Jeuam to store (*) wine after he liberated the surrounding region. It lies at the center of the Xiangkhouang Plateau near the city of Phonsavan, at the northwestern end of the ► Annamese Cordillera. This archaeological location is littered with unexploded cluster bombs and mines from the Secret War, during which the CIA trained many local Hmong guerrilla troops to fight the Communist central government. For 10 points, name this "plain" of mysterious stone megaliths in Laos.
According to one theory, this location was at the center of a trade route connecting similar sites at Sa Huynh and the North Cachar Hills.
Plain of Jars