Dimensions
175 x 236 x 21mm
This collection of essays in honour of Dr Ian Glover, who for over fifty years has been one of Southeast Asia's most pioneering and leading archaeologists, offers a complete and up-to-date account of the main issues and debates on the region's archaeology spanning the late Pleistocene to the early historic period. Aimed at both the specialist and general reader alike, this volume discusses issues ranging from food subsistence management, technology transfer and long-distance exchange, to social complexity and political and ethical debates that are today an important aspect of Southeast Asian studies. The contributors tackle topics such as hunter-gatherers and early agriculture in East Timor, burial traditions in Thailand and Sarawak, the development of early states in Vietnam and Sulawesi, craft production and exchange stretching from India to the South China Sea, issues of post-colonialism in Laos and the creation of world heritage sites throughout the region. Contents: Part I: Overviews of Ian C. Glover's Contributions to the Archaeology of Island and Mainland Southeast Asia Part II: Subsistence Strategies: Hunter-Gatherers to Early Agriculture Part III: Social Complexity and Early States Part IV: Craft Production and Exchange Part V: Colonialism and Archaeology As an outstanding scholar and a generous professor, for over half a century, Dr Ian Glover has set much of the Southeast Asian archaeological research agenda. His doctoral dissertation focused on the early prehistoric period of East Timor while his later work involved excavations at Ban Don Ta Phet in central Thailand and Trà Kiêu in Vietnam. Having spent over a quarter of a century as a Lecturer in the Prehistory of South and Southeast Asia at the Institute of Archaeology, University of London he has also played a pivotal role in the teaching and dissemination of knowledge on the region. Since retiring as Emeritus Reader in 1996, Ian Glover has continued to actively research and publish on a wide variety of topics on Southeast Asian Archaeology. SELLING POINTS: Compilation of the most up-to-date research on Southeast Asian archaeology An overview for the general reader of the issues, research methodologies and topics current in archaeology today and a core text for students of archaeology. 120 b/w illustrations
