Uncovering Southeast Asia's Past
Uncovering Southeast Asia's Past

Author: European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists. International Conference

Publisher: NUS Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 9789971693510

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The 36 chapters in this collection have been selected to give an overview ofrecent research into prehistoric and early historic archaeology in SoutheastAsia. In the first chapter Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhornof Thailand comments on the significance of the inscriptions from the important Khmer temple, Prasat Phnom Rung in northeastern Thailand. Following this, Professor Charles Higham gives an original and insightful survey of the prehistoric threads linking south China and the countries of modern Southeast Asia.

Manifesting Power
Manifesting Power

Author: Tracy L. Sweely

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1134738188

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Power relations among humans have likely been a topic of interest since long before any historical claims to its nature were proffered. This book recognizes that power and gender may be rooted in the experience of power in western society.

The Spiro Ceremonial Center
The Spiro Ceremonial Center

Author: James A. Brown

Publisher: U OF M MUSEUM ANTHRO ARCHAEOLOGY

Published: 1996-01-01

Total Pages: 784

ISBN-13: 0915703394

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In Volume I of this two-volume set, James A. Brown reports on and interprets decades of archaeological investigation at the Spiro Ceremonial Center, a major site along the Arkansas River in eastern Oklahoma. In Volume 2, he describes the archaeological collections in detail, covering burials, ceramics, stone tools, pipes, beads, textiles, ornaments, and animal bone. Foreword by James B. Griffin. Contributions by Alice M. Brues, Lyle W. Konigsberg, Paul W. Parmalee, and David H. Stansbery.

Synopsis
Synopsis

Author: Andrew D. Dimarogonas

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1999-02-19

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9789057025778

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Lists the scholarly publications including research and review journals, books, and monographs relating to classical, Hellenistic, Biblical, Byzantine, Medieval, and modern Greece. The 11 indexes include article title and author, books reviewed, theses and dissertations, books and authors, journals, names, locations, and subjects. The format continues that of the second volume. All the information has been programmed onto the disc in a high-level language, so that no other software is needed to read it, and in versions for DOS and Apple on each disc. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Materializing Southeast Asia's Past
Materializing Southeast Asia's Past

Author: Veronique Degroot

Publisher: NUS Press

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 997169655X

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The latest historical and anthropological archaeology, epigraphy, and art history on Southeast Asia, these articles offer new understandings of classical Hindu and Buddhist cultures of Southeast Asia and their relationship to the regionÍs medieval cultures. The articles are presented under four headings: Art, religion and politics (Buddhist monuments in Java and Cambodia); Southeast Asian transformations (cultural exchange with South Asia); Technology (workmanship in art and material culture); and Southeast Asia between past and present.

Further Studies in the History of Construction: the Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Construction History Society
Further Studies in the History of Construction: the Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference of the Construction History Society

Author: James Campbell

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 0992875129

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This book is the third in the series of volumes which provide the papers of the conferences held at Queens' College, Cambridge by the Construction History Society. Papers cover different aspects of the history of construction, including studies of different building materials, building firms, the development and education of building professionals, the construction of buildings and infrastructure, methods and techniques of construction, and other subjects related to the history and development of buildings.

Kansas Archaeology
Kansas Archaeology

Author: Robert J. Hoard

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13:

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Synthesizes what is known about the cultural (human) history of Kansas from 10,000 B.C. to the nineteenth century. This significant contribution to Plains archaeology provides the reader with the first comprehensive overview of the subject in nearly fifty years.