This comprehensive and absorbing book traces the cultural history of Southeast Asia from prehistoric (especially Neolithic, Bronze-Iron age) times through to the major Hindu and Buddhist civilizations, to around AD 1300. Southeast Asia has recently attracted archaeological attention as the locus for the first recorded sea crossings; as the region of origin for the Austronesian population dispersal across the Pacific from Neolithic times; as an arena for the development of archaeologically-rich Neolithic, and metal using communities, especially in Thailand and Vietnam, and as the backdrop for several unique and strikingly monumental Indic civilizations, such as the Khmer civilization centred around Angkor. Southeast Asia is invaluable to anyone interested in the full history of the region.
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'This volume provides an excellent introduction to many of the areas and issues of South-east Asian archaeology.' - Ruth Young
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Ian Glover is Emeritus Reader in Southeast Asian Archaeology at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. He has undertaken excavations in East Timor, Sulawesi, Western Thailand and Central Vietnam on periods ranging from Late Pleistocene cave deposits, Iron Age cemeteries and the emerging Cham Civilization of Central Vietnam. His academic interests include early technologies of bronze, iron and glass and the effects of inter-regional trade on cultural evolution.
Peter Bellwood is Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University in Canberra. He has carried out field research since 1967 in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines) and numerous Polynesian islands. He has a special interest in archaeological and linguistic aspects of Austronesian prehistory in both Southeast Asia and Oceania, and in the prehistories of early farming populations in all parts of the world.
Peter Bellwood is Professor of Archaeology at the Australian National University in Canberra. He has carried out field research since 1967 in Southeast Asia (Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines) and numerous Polynesian islands. He has a special interest in archaeological and linguistic aspects of Austronesian prehistory in both Southeast Asia and Oceania, and in the prehistories of early farming populations in all parts of the world.
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A basic reference work for Southeast Asian archaeology,
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This is simply a book that anyone with a serious interest in Southeast Asian archaeology must have. It provides an overview of fieldwork findings to date, and presents the most recent interpretations of what has been found, by the foremost scholars working in the area. The book is also unusually well edited, and the binding for the paperback appears to be durable, so one could take it to the sites described there.
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This book is basically a text book on South East Asia that is used in advanced college classes. It is an edited collection of articles on South East Asia. The writing is clear but it is written at a college level. It contains good maps, drawings, and pictures linked to the text.
As a series of edited articles, you will find depth on many particular topics but not a fully comprehensive coverage of the area. I would suggest looking at the table of contents to see if the chapters are of interest. I know of no book which does such a good job of covering this area "from Prehistory to History" (its subtitle).
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Southeast Asia is attracting increasing interest among archaeologists and those interested generally in the documentation of human cultural achievements in the remote past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, Dong Son, Bronze Age, Phung Nguyen, New Guinea, Tra Kieu, Orang Ash, Asian Perspectives, Ban Don Ta Phet, Quang Nam, Khao Co Hoc, Nakhon Pathom, New York, Dong Dau, Institute of Archaeology, Mekong Delta, South Asia, Indian Ocean, Kuala Selinsing, Nik Hassan Shuhaimi, West Malaysia, Angkor Borei, Hoa Loc, Silpakorn University, Hong Kong New!
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Southeast Asia is attracting increasing interest among archaeologists and those interested generally in the documentation of human cultural achievements in the remote past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Southeast Asia, Dong Son, Bronze Age, Phung Nguyen, New Guinea, Tra Kieu, Orang Ash, Asian Perspectives, Ban Don Ta Phet, Quang Nam, Khao Co Hoc, Nakhon Pathom, New York, Dong Dau, Institute of Archaeology, Mekong Delta, South Asia, Indian Ocean, Kuala Selinsing, Nik Hassan Shuhaimi, West Malaysia, Angkor Borei, Hoa Loc, Silpakorn University, Hong Kong New!
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- Southeast Asia: Documents of Political Development and Change by Roger M. Smith on 7 pages
- Early Cultures of Mainland Southeast Asia by Charles Higham on 7 pages
- The Southeast Asian Port and Polity: Rise and Demise by J. Kathirithamby-Wells on 5 pages
- Early South East Asia: Essays in Archaeology, History, and Historical Geography (School of Oriental & African Studies) by R. B. Smith on 5 pages
- Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago by Peter S. Bellwood on 4 pages
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