Goh Geok Yian - Routledge World Archaeology: Ancient Southeast Asia DOC
9780415735544 0415735548 Ancient Southeast Asia provides readers with a much needed synthesis of the latest discoveries and research in the archaeology of the region, presenting the evolution of complex societies in Southeast Asia from the protohistoric period, beginning around 500BC, to the arrival of British and Dutch colonists in 1600. Well-illustrated throughout, this comprehensive account explores the factors which established Southeast Asia as an area of unique cultural fusion. Miksic and Goh explore how the local population exploited the abundant resources available, developing maritime transport routes which resulted in economic and cultural wealth, including some of the most elaborate art styles and monumental complexes ever constructed. The book s broad geographical and temporal coverage, including a chapter on the natural environment, provides readers with the context needed to understand this staggeringly diverse region. It utilizes French, Dutch, Chinese, Malay-Indonesian and Burmese sources and synthesizes interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives and data from archaeology, history and art history. Offering key opportunities for comparative research with other centres of early socio-economic complexity, Ancient Southeast Asia establishes the area s importance in world history. ", Ancient Southeast Asiapresents the evolution of complex societies in Southeast Asia during the period from the protohistoric period (beginning approximately 500 BC) to the arrival of Portuguese colonists in 1511. Southeast Asia has the most diverse habitat and cultural mosaic of any comparably-sized area on earth. The population exploited the abundant resources and favourable location on maritime transport routes along the south Asian coasts to create some of the most elaborate art styles and monumental complexes ever constructed. The unique combination of environment, topography, and long-distance communication provides opportunities for important comparative research with other centres of early socio-economic complexity. Surprisingly, this rich and diverse region has not been well served by textbooks but this volume provides a comprehensive and integrated account of the factors which gave Southeast Asia its unusual character as a locus of cultural fusion and hybridization. Wide-ranging coverage, with chapters on the natural environment and the prehistoric period, allow the reader to understand the archaeology of this region in the round. It utilizes sources in French, Dutch, Chinese, Malay-Indonesian, and Burmese in addition to English, and synthesizes theoretical perspectives and data from archaeology, history, and art history. Finally, the region has a book that does justice to its importance in world history and its staggering diversity.
9780415735544 0415735548 Ancient Southeast Asia provides readers with a much needed synthesis of the latest discoveries and research in the archaeology of the region, presenting the evolution of complex societies in Southeast Asia from the protohistoric period, beginning around 500BC, to the arrival of British and Dutch colonists in 1600. Well-illustrated throughout, this comprehensive account explores the factors which established Southeast Asia as an area of unique cultural fusion. Miksic and Goh explore how the local population exploited the abundant resources available, developing maritime transport routes which resulted in economic and cultural wealth, including some of the most elaborate art styles and monumental complexes ever constructed. The book s broad geographical and temporal coverage, including a chapter on the natural environment, provides readers with the context needed to understand this staggeringly diverse region. It utilizes French, Dutch, Chinese, Malay-Indonesian and Burmese sources and synthesizes interdisciplinary theoretical perspectives and data from archaeology, history and art history. Offering key opportunities for comparative research with other centres of early socio-economic complexity, Ancient Southeast Asia establishes the area s importance in world history. ", Ancient Southeast Asiapresents the evolution of complex societies in Southeast Asia during the period from the protohistoric period (beginning approximately 500 BC) to the arrival of Portuguese colonists in 1511. Southeast Asia has the most diverse habitat and cultural mosaic of any comparably-sized area on earth. The population exploited the abundant resources and favourable location on maritime transport routes along the south Asian coasts to create some of the most elaborate art styles and monumental complexes ever constructed. The unique combination of environment, topography, and long-distance communication provides opportunities for important comparative research with other centres of early socio-economic complexity. Surprisingly, this rich and diverse region has not been well served by textbooks but this volume provides a comprehensive and integrated account of the factors which gave Southeast Asia its unusual character as a locus of cultural fusion and hybridization. Wide-ranging coverage, with chapters on the natural environment and the prehistoric period, allow the reader to understand the archaeology of this region in the round. It utilizes sources in French, Dutch, Chinese, Malay-Indonesian, and Burmese in addition to English, and synthesizes theoretical perspectives and data from archaeology, history, and art history. Finally, the region has a book that does justice to its importance in world history and its staggering diversity.