Early civilizations of Southeast Asia / Dougald J.W. O'Reilly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Reilly, Dougald J. W., 1965-

Series:

Archaeology of Southeast Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southeast Asia--Civilization.

Southeast Asia.

Civilization.

Southeast Asia--Antiquities.

Antiquities.

Physical Description:

xi, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : AltaMira Press, [2007]

Summary:

Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia presents a fascinating synthesis of research on the prehistoric societies of mainland Southeast Asia. Drawing on archaeological and historical research, both old and new, Dougald O'Reilly provides a general picture of the events that shaped the region in ancient times, covering the rise of the Pyu civilization in Myanmar, the Mon and Dvaravati kingdoms of Thailand, the early polities of peninsular Malaysia, the Khmer kingdoms of Cambodia, and the rise of Champa in Vietnam. This book will interest both scholars and students of archaeology, anthropology, history, and Asian studies.

Contents:

The Tircul (Pyu) and Arakan of Myanmar

Peninsular Southeast Asia

The Mon protostates : Dvaravati and Myanmar

Pre-Angkorian and Angkorian polities

Champa

Models of political development

Sociopolitical change in early Southeast Asia.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-227) and index.

ISBN:

0759102783

0759102791

OCLC:

70258930

Publisher Number:

9780759102781

9780759102798