Unearthing Southeast Asia's past. Volume 1 : selected papers from the 12th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists / edited by Marijke J. Klokke and Véronique Degroot.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Klokke, Marijke J., editor.

Degroot, Véronique, editor.

Project Muse, Content Provider.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Southeast Asia--Congresses.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Southeast Asia--Antiquities--Congresses.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 electronic text (xvi, 295 p.) :) ill., digital file.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : NUS Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection deals with the development of complex societies in Southeast Asia from the Neolithic until the later historic period. The authors present data from recent excavations as well as new analyses of previous finds, with a focus on cultural exchange and interactions with the natural environment. The volume is divided into four parts: the Neolithic period in Southeast Asia (common origins, cultural diffusion and antiquity of human occupation); the Bronze-Iron Age in mainland Southeast Asia (new dating, mortuary practices, and material culture); long-distance exchange relations between China and the Middle East; and early Indianized polities (natural environment and material culture).

Contents:

Half title, full title, copyright pages

Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

Introduction

Part 1: Southeast Asia's Neolithic: Common Origins, Cultural Diffusion and Antiquity of Human Occupation

Chapter 1: The Prehistory of the Daic- or Kra-Dai-Speaking Peoples and the Hypothesis of an Austronesian Connection

Chapter 2: Prehistoric Cultural Affinities Between Southeast Asia, East Asia and Northeast India: An Exploration

Chapter 3: A Limestone Outcrop as a Landmark of Prehistoric Settlement in the Manatuto Region (East Timor)

Chapter 4: The Cultured Rainforest Project: Preliminary Archaeological Results from the First Two Field Seasons in the Kelabit Highlands, Sarawak, Borneo (2007, 2008)

Part 2: Mainland Southeast Asia's Bronze-Iron Age: New Dating, Mortuary Practices, and Material Culture

Chapter 5: Dating the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia: The Cultural Implications

Chapter 6: Ceramic Technology in Ban Chiang Cultural Tradition Sites, Northeastern Thailand

Chapter 7: Unique Copper-Base Artefacts from Upper Burma:Coffin Ornaments?

Chapter 8: Infant Jar Burials in Upper Burma

Chapter 9: Recently Discovered Infant Jar Burials from Wat Pho Sri Nai, Ban Chiang, Northeastern Thailand

Chapter 10: The Importance of Iron: Its Development and Complexity in the Southeast Asian Iron Age

Chapter 11: Cultural Diversity in West-Central Thailand: Recent Excavations in Ratburi and Kanchanaburi

Part 3: Southeast Asia Between China and the Middle East:Evidence of Long-Distance Exchange Relations

Chapter 12: The Glass Vessels from Guangxi and the Maritime Silk Road in the Han Period (206 BCE−220 CE)

Chapter 13: Overview of Han Artefacts in Southeast Asia with Special Reference to the Recently Excavated Material from Khao Sam Kaeo in Southern Thailand.

Chapter 14: Foreign Trade, Local Taste: A Consumption-Based Study of Trade Ceramics in Late Proto-Historic Island Southeast Asia

Chapter 15: Ongoing Archaeological Research at Si Pamutung in the Padang Lawas Area (North Sumatra)

Chapter 16: Pagan, A Hinterland Port-City in Medieval Burma:A New Geographic Approach

Part 4: Early Indianized Polities:Natural Environment and Material Culture

Chapter 17: The Distribution of Sema Stones Throughout the Khorat Plateau During the Dvāravatī Period

Chapter 18: Archaeological Excavations at Kheedkhin, A Dvāravatī City in Central Thailand

Chapter 19: Votive Tablets from Batujaya, Karawang, West Java: A Comparative Study

Chapter 20: The Sources of the Khmer Empire

About the Authors

Index

Untitled.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9971-69-679-7

OCLC:

861737655