The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia (Cambridge World Archaeology) - Hardcover

Higham, Charles

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521496608 ISBN 13: 9780521496605

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

This is an up-to-date account the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia. It explores the controversy of whether the earliest bronze working took place there. It illuminates issues of indigenous technological advancement and the influence of neighbouring civilisations, and maps the evolvution of the first South-east Asia states.

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"An indispensable work for those interested in archaeology at all levels." C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Choice

"Higham is to be congratulated for having integrated an enormous amount of data, based on over two decades of fieldwork in eastern and northeastern Thailand, as well as extensive travels in Southeast Asia and China, into one very readable text." Rasmi Shoocongdej, Crossroads

"Higham is to be congratulated for having integrated an enormous amount of data...into one readable text. ...this volume will remain an essential reference for scholars and students for some time to come." Crossroads

Reseña del editor:

Some claim the earliest bronze production in the world occurred in South-east Asia; others say it occurred elsewhere. This book presents the debate surrounding the Bronze Age in the Indochina region, providing a systematic and regional presentaton of the current state of knowledge. It illuminates the question of indigenous technological evolution, contrasted with influence from neighbouring civilisations - in this case Southern China. Higham suggests that the the adoption of metallurgy, copper and tin smelting took place in South-east Asia following a period of trading with China, which provided the exotic bronzes. Using a thematic approach, he provides an up-to-date account of the South-east Asian and Chinese Bronze Age, documenting evidence site by site. This is the first time these regions have integrated in research to provide an understanding of how and why their distinct cultures developed.Tracing developments right through to the Iron Age, Higham identifies the distinct regional developments that anticipate the transition into the first Southeast Asia states.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521496608
• ISBN 13: 9780521496605
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400