Violence and Monumental Complexes
The Fate of Cambodia's Buddhist Heritage during the Turbulent Years: 1969-79
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4283045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A C L Phillpotts (University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 457-503 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Cultural Property (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0940-7391 • E-ISSN: 1465-7317 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0940739119000353 |
| OpenAlex | W2998003000 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 26 |
The Khmer Rouge's impact on Cambodia's ancient heritage has been understudied. There are, at present, no major resources that explicitly present a centralized compilation of data or information regarding the relationship between the communist regime and the temples of Angkor nor the various damaging effects that a decade of internecine upheavals have had on the monuments. This absence of primary material is surprising considering the extensive archaeological and conservational work that has taken place in Cambodia, and not to mention the international fascination with Angkor. This article aims to take the first steps in redressing this palpable gap in the literature-it is a brief inquiry into the cause and effect of damage, desecration, and destruction committed to the major Angkorian monuments and the treatment of Cambodia's ancient, tangible heritage by successive political regimes. It also attempts to deal with the inadequate nature of existing documentation that has hindered any analysis of the issues at hand. I restrict my attention to the Buddhist complexes in Cambodia with a focus on four phases of violence: "Operation Menu" or the American bombardment of 1969-70; the Cambodian Civil War, 1970-75; Democratic Kampuchea's occupancy of power, 1975-79; and the Vietnamese invasion of 1978-79. In regard to what exactly happened to these monumental complexes at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, I have covered structural damage from conventional weaponry; the use, and, in most cases, misuse, of the temples by various political factions (including strategic, practical and quotidian, and propagandistic use); and the effect of conservation interruption and looting. In light of the recent destruction of cultural heritage in the ongoing conflicts in Syria and Iraq and the recent conflict in Mali, these issues remain perpetually relevant in world affairs
Ancient history · Archaeology · Buddhism · Communism · Democracy · Documentation · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Vietnamese · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Cambodian History and Society · History · Law · Philosophy · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
History, Buddhism, and New Religious Movements in Cambodia
After the Killing Fields
Genocide in Cambodia
Cambodia Deals with its Past
La protection des biens culturels au Cambodge pendant la période des conflits armés, à travers l'application de la Convention de La Haye de 1954
Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Northern Mali
Temple Looting in Cambodia
Making More Enemies than We Kill? Calculating U.S. Bomb Tonnages Dropped on Laos and Cambodia, and Weighing Their Implications
Converts, not ideologues? The Khmer Rouge practice of thought reform in Cambodia, 1975–1978
Iconoclasm and strategic thought
Phnom Penh during the Cambodian Genocide
Ending the Vietnam War
The Tragedy of Cambodian History
When the War Was Over. The Voices of Cambodia's Revolution and Its People
The Tragedy of Cambodian History
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |