Ancient Southeast Asia

NOTE EDITORE

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.

SOMMARIO

1Introduction: History, Culture, and Art in Southeast Asia2Environments, Languages, Cultures, and People3Prehistory: 2 Million to 2 Thousand Years Ago.4Protoclassic Period: 1-600 CE5Early Classic, 600-9006 Middle Classic, 900-1200 7Late Classic, 1200-14008Postclassic, 1400-1600

AUTORE

John N. Miksic is a Professor at the Southeast Asian Studies Department of the National University of Singapore. Goh Geok Yian is an Associate Professor at the History Programme of the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780415735544
• Collana: Routledge World Archaeology
• Dimensioni: 9.6666667 x 7.4444444 in Ø 2.71
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 632
• Pagine Romane: xxii