Ancient Southeast Asia

Bibliographic Data

ID19912361
AuthorsJohn N Miksic (0000-0001-6121-8300), Goh Geok Yian (Nanyang Technological University)
Year2016
Publication date2016-10-14
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueAncient Southeast Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.4324/9781315641119
OpenAlexW3005619050
ISBN9781315641119
Open LibraryOL37245819M
LanguageEN
Citations received33

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 history · Geography · Southeast asia · Asian Studies and History · History · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies · Antiquities

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