C F W Higham
Biographic Data
| ID | 3642995 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C F W Higham |
| GIVEN NAMES | C F W |
| FAMILY NAME | Higham |
| SIGNATURE | HIGHAM C F W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Archaeology Programme, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand
New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology. A model including a Charcoal_Plus Outlier detection approach can allow us to include charcoal dates, which are al…
The Bronze Age and Southeast Asia
As the scholarly border between China and Southeast Asia has dissipated, so the vast region from the Yangtze River to Malaysia has been integrated into a whole. There was an inexorable expansion of copper-base expertise southward, reaching Lingnan and Yunnan by 1400-1200 bc , and Southeast Asia one or two centuries later, with ultimate origins in the Asian steppes via the Chinese Central Plains and Sichuan. As prospectors identified and exploited…
Bronze Metallurgy in Southeast Asia with Particular Reference to Northeast Thailand
Environmental and Social Change in Northeast Thailand during the Iron Age
The Iron Age of Mainland Southeast Asia began in the fifth centurybcand lasted for about a millennium. In coastal regions, the development of trade along the Maritime Silk Road led to the growth of port cities. In the interior, a fall in monsoon rains particularly affected the Mun River valley. This coincided with the construction of moats/reservoirs round Iron Age settlements from which water was channelled into wet rice fields, the production o…
Reply to responses
The principal point of my debate paper was to stress the importance of anchoring the chronology of the Neolithic to the Iron Age cultural sequence in north-east Thailand by applying Bayesian analysis to large, third-generation sets of radiocarbon determinations. Three of my respondents agree not only with this proposition, but also with the results of the AMS dating of bone, shell and charcoal from the five prehistoric sites in question
Debating a great site: Ban Non Wat and the wider prehistory of Southeast Asia
Almost half a century has elapsed since the first area excavation of a prehistoric site in north-east Thailand at Non Nok Tha (Bayard & Solheim 2010) (Figure 1). A long and still unresolved debate has ensued, centred on the chronology of the establishment of rice farming and bronze casting, that has dovetailed with further controversies on the pace and nature of social change. Results obtained during the past 20 years of fieldwork focused on the …
Ban Non Wat: A Great Site Reviewed
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The Iron Age of the Mun Valley, Thailand
The archaeological landscape of the Mun River valley in north-east Thailand is dominated by many large, prehistoric settlements. These are easily recognized from the air, since they are encircled by banks and moats. Several of these sites were later occupied under the Angkorian kingdom, and incorporate brick temples. These sites present both an enigma and a challenge. Few have ever been excavated, and then only on a very small scale. This article…
The prehistory of a Friction Zone: First farmers and hunters-gatherers in Southeast Asia
The prime-mover for the arrival of the Neolithic in Island Southeast Asia is thought to be the expansion of rice farmers speaking an Austronesian language and coming from the north (see Spriggs, above). Much less is known of the indigenous hunter-gatherers and their interaction with the new farming communities. The mutually occupied area, in the definition of Peter Bellwood, was a 'Friction Zone', where two radically different cultures met. This …
Commentary: Archaeology in Myanmar: Past, Present, and Future
Commentary:Archaeology in Myanmar: Past, Present, and Future C.F.W. Higham, professor In a recent paper, Hudson (2001) has compared the present position of archaeology in Myanmar with that in Thailand 30 years ago. As one who was confronted with a tabula rasa in Thailand during the 1960s, the similarities are indeed intriguing. At that juncture, I wrote a brief paper entitled "Initial model formulation in terra incognita," in which I stressed the…
The geoarchaeology of the prehistoric ditched sites of the upper Mae Nam Mun Valley, Northeast Thailand, II: Stratigraphy and morphological sections of the encircling earthworks
The Transition from Prehistory to the Historic Period in the Upper Mun Valley
A review of archaeology in mainland Southeast Asia
Archaeology and linguistics in Southeast Asia: Implications of the Austric hypothesis
The Excavation of Khok Phanom Di, a Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand. Volume 1: The Excavation, Chronology and Human Burials
Early rice cultivation in Southeast Asia: Archaeological and palynological evidence from the Bang Pakong Valley, Thailand
In Southeast Asia the archaeological record is virtually silent about early rice cultivation, for which there is now good evidence from the Chinese Neolithic. Here, new fieldwork from Thailand provides both direct evidence of rice cultivation and, earlier, an indirect clue from palynological indicators
Khok Phanom Di: The results of the 1984-5 season
Chronology, evolution and diffusion in the later Southeast Asian cultural sequence: Further comments
The bovid third phalanx and prehistoric ploughing
An analysis of prehistoric canid remains from Thailand
An Evolutionary Approach to the Southeast Asian Cultural Sequence [and Comments and Reply]
Recent archaelogical work has directed attention toward Southeast Asia. However, while the substantive results of this research are significant for tracing worldwide prehistoric developments, the integration of these findings into a regional archaeological framework continues to be a problem. Most traditional chronological-developmental frameworks of Southeast Asian prehistory were patterned after the European paradigm of five prehistoric ages. I…
Aspects of economy and ritual in prehistoric Northeast Thailand
More on Higham's Study of Bovine Bones
Stock Rearing as a Cultural Factor in Prehistoric Europe
Agriculture and stock rearing moulded the life of the English peasant during the Middle Ages. Together, they absorbed the greater part of his energy, time and skill. In good seasons there was plenty, and in times of dearth, the threat of starvation. Tracts were written on the most effective means of stock management and soil utilization, and farming methods varied with regional changes in topography and environment. There is no reason to suppose …
Trends in Prehistoric European Caprovine Husbandry
An Evolutionary Approach to the Southeast Asian Cultural Sequence [and Comments and Reply]
Recent archaelogical work has directed attention toward Southeast Asia. However, while the substantive results of this research are significant for tracing worldwide prehistoric developments, the integration of these findings into a regional archaeological framework continues to be a problem. Most traditional chronological-developmental frameworks of Southeast Asian prehistory were patterned after the European paradigm of five prehistoric ages. I…
The Iron Age of the Mun Valley, Thailand
The archaeological landscape of the Mun River valley in north-east Thailand is dominated by many large, prehistoric settlements. These are easily recognized from the air, since they are encircled by banks and moats. Several of these sites were later occupied under the Angkorian kingdom, and incorporate brick temples. These sites present both an enigma and a challenge. Few have ever been excavated, and then only on a very small scale. This article…
Stock Rearing as a Cultural Factor in Prehistoric Europe
Agriculture and stock rearing moulded the life of the English peasant during the Middle Ages. Together, they absorbed the greater part of his energy, time and skill. In good seasons there was plenty, and in times of dearth, the threat of starvation. Tracts were written on the most effective means of stock management and soil utilization, and farming methods varied with regional changes in topography and environment. There is no reason to suppose …
The prehistory of a Friction Zone: First farmers and hunters-gatherers in Southeast Asia
The prime-mover for the arrival of the Neolithic in Island Southeast Asia is thought to be the expansion of rice farmers speaking an Austronesian language and coming from the north (see Spriggs, above). Much less is known of the indigenous hunter-gatherers and their interaction with the new farming communities. The mutually occupied area, in the definition of Peter Bellwood, was a 'Friction Zone', where two radically different cultures met. This …
The bovid third phalanx and prehistoric ploughing
An analysis of prehistoric canid remains from Thailand
Early rice cultivation in Southeast Asia: Archaeological and palynological evidence from the Bang Pakong Valley, Thailand
In Southeast Asia the archaeological record is virtually silent about early rice cultivation, for which there is now good evidence from the Chinese Neolithic. Here, new fieldwork from Thailand provides both direct evidence of rice cultivation and, earlier, an indirect clue from palynological indicators
Bronze Metallurgy in Southeast Asia with Particular Reference to Northeast Thailand
The geoarchaeology of the prehistoric ditched sites of the upper Mae Nam Mun Valley, Northeast Thailand, II: Stratigraphy and morphological sections of the encircling earthworks
Commentary: Archaeology in Myanmar: Past, Present, and Future
Commentary:Archaeology in Myanmar: Past, Present, and Future C.F.W. Higham, professor In a recent paper, Hudson (2001) has compared the present position of archaeology in Myanmar with that in Thailand 30 years ago. As one who was confronted with a tabula rasa in Thailand during the 1960s, the similarities are indeed intriguing. At that juncture, I wrote a brief paper entitled "Initial model formulation in terra incognita," in which I stressed the…
Aspects of economy and ritual in prehistoric Northeast Thailand
The Transition from Prehistory to the Historic Period in the Upper Mun Valley
Khok Phanom Di: The results of the 1984-5 season
Reply to responses
The principal point of my debate paper was to stress the importance of anchoring the chronology of the Neolithic to the Iron Age cultural sequence in north-east Thailand by applying Bayesian analysis to large, third-generation sets of radiocarbon determinations. Three of my respondents agree not only with this proposition, but also with the results of the AMS dating of bone, shell and charcoal from the five prehistoric sites in question
Debating a great site: Ban Non Wat and the wider prehistory of Southeast Asia
Almost half a century has elapsed since the first area excavation of a prehistoric site in north-east Thailand at Non Nok Tha (Bayard & Solheim 2010) (Figure 1). A long and still unresolved debate has ensued, centred on the chronology of the establishment of rice farming and bronze casting, that has dovetailed with further controversies on the pace and nature of social change. Results obtained during the past 20 years of fieldwork focused on the …
Archaeology and linguistics in Southeast Asia: Implications of the Austric hypothesis
Chronology, evolution and diffusion in the later Southeast Asian cultural sequence: Further comments
Trends in Prehistoric European Caprovine Husbandry
Stock Rearing as a Cultural Factor in Prehistoric Europe
Agriculture and stock rearing moulded the life of the English peasant during the Middle Ages. Together, they absorbed the greater part of his energy, time and skill. In good seasons there was plenty, and in times of dearth, the threat of starvation. Tracts were written on the most effective means of stock management and soil utilization, and farming methods varied with regional changes in topography and environment. There is no reason to suppose …
Trends in Prehistoric European Caprovine Husbandry
More on Higham's Study of Bovine Bones
Aspects of economy and ritual in prehistoric Northeast Thailand
An Evolutionary Approach to the Southeast Asian Cultural Sequence [and Comments and Reply]
Recent archaelogical work has directed attention toward Southeast Asia. However, while the substantive results of this research are significant for tracing worldwide prehistoric developments, the integration of these findings into a regional archaeological framework continues to be a problem. Most traditional chronological-developmental frameworks of Southeast Asian prehistory were patterned after the European paradigm of five prehistoric ages. I…
An analysis of prehistoric canid remains from Thailand
The bovid third phalanx and prehistoric ploughing
Khok Phanom Di: The results of the 1984-5 season
Chronology, evolution and diffusion in the later Southeast Asian cultural sequence: Further comments
Early rice cultivation in Southeast Asia: Archaeological and palynological evidence from the Bang Pakong Valley, Thailand
In Southeast Asia the archaeological record is virtually silent about early rice cultivation, for which there is now good evidence from the Chinese Neolithic. Here, new fieldwork from Thailand provides both direct evidence of rice cultivation and, earlier, an indirect clue from palynological indicators
The Excavation of Khok Phanom Di, a Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand. Volume 1: The Excavation, Chronology and Human Burials
A review of archaeology in mainland Southeast Asia
Archaeology and linguistics in Southeast Asia: Implications of the Austric hypothesis
The Transition from Prehistory to the Historic Period in the Upper Mun Valley
The geoarchaeology of the prehistoric ditched sites of the upper Mae Nam Mun Valley, Northeast Thailand, II: Stratigraphy and morphological sections of the encircling earthworks
Commentary: Archaeology in Myanmar: Past, Present, and Future
Commentary:Archaeology in Myanmar: Past, Present, and Future C.F.W. Higham, professor In a recent paper, Hudson (2001) has compared the present position of archaeology in Myanmar with that in Thailand 30 years ago. As one who was confronted with a tabula rasa in Thailand during the 1960s, the similarities are indeed intriguing. At that juncture, I wrote a brief paper entitled "Initial model formulation in terra incognita," in which I stressed the…
The Iron Age of the Mun Valley, Thailand
The archaeological landscape of the Mun River valley in north-east Thailand is dominated by many large, prehistoric settlements. These are easily recognized from the air, since they are encircled by banks and moats. Several of these sites were later occupied under the Angkorian kingdom, and incorporate brick temples. These sites present both an enigma and a challenge. Few have ever been excavated, and then only on a very small scale. This article…
The prehistory of a Friction Zone: First farmers and hunters-gatherers in Southeast Asia
The prime-mover for the arrival of the Neolithic in Island Southeast Asia is thought to be the expansion of rice farmers speaking an Austronesian language and coming from the north (see Spriggs, above). Much less is known of the indigenous hunter-gatherers and their interaction with the new farming communities. The mutually occupied area, in the definition of Peter Bellwood, was a 'Friction Zone', where two radically different cultures met. This …
Ban Non Wat: A Great Site Reviewed
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Reply to responses
The principal point of my debate paper was to stress the importance of anchoring the chronology of the Neolithic to the Iron Age cultural sequence in north-east Thailand by applying Bayesian analysis to large, third-generation sets of radiocarbon determinations. Three of my respondents agree not only with this proposition, but also with the results of the AMS dating of bone, shell and charcoal from the five prehistoric sites in question
Debating a great site: Ban Non Wat and the wider prehistory of Southeast Asia
Almost half a century has elapsed since the first area excavation of a prehistoric site in north-east Thailand at Non Nok Tha (Bayard & Solheim 2010) (Figure 1). A long and still unresolved debate has ensued, centred on the chronology of the establishment of rice farming and bronze casting, that has dovetailed with further controversies on the pace and nature of social change. Results obtained during the past 20 years of fieldwork focused on the …
Environmental and Social Change in Northeast Thailand during the Iron Age
The Iron Age of Mainland Southeast Asia began in the fifth centurybcand lasted for about a millennium. In coastal regions, the development of trade along the Maritime Silk Road led to the growth of port cities. In the interior, a fall in monsoon rains particularly affected the Mun River valley. This coincided with the construction of moats/reservoirs round Iron Age settlements from which water was channelled into wet rice fields, the production o…
Bronze Metallurgy in Southeast Asia with Particular Reference to Northeast Thailand
The Bronze Age and Southeast Asia
As the scholarly border between China and Southeast Asia has dissipated, so the vast region from the Yangtze River to Malaysia has been integrated into a whole. There was an inexorable expansion of copper-base expertise southward, reaching Lingnan and Yunnan by 1400-1200 bc , and Southeast Asia one or two centuries later, with ultimate origins in the Asian steppes via the Chinese Central Plains and Sichuan. As prospectors identified and exploited…
Dealing With Inbuilt Age: A Bayesian Approach to Radiocarbon Dating of Rice, Bamboo and Charcoal From Non Ban Jak, Thailand
New radiocarbon determinations from rice grains and bamboo have been obtained from Non Ban Jak, Northeast Thailand. These, along with charcoal, date a late Iron Age building sequence. The results come from short‐lived species and charcoal with potential inbuilt age. We built a series of Bayesian models to obtain a reliable chronology. A model including a Charcoal_Plus Outlier detection approach can allow us to include charcoal dates, which are al…
Archaeology (23 works) · Geography (22 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (17 works) · History (17 works) · Prehistory (16 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (14 works) · History (11 works) · Ancient history (9 works) · Southeast asia (7 works) · Biology (6 works)