Southeast Asia: From Prehistory to History

Southeast Asia: From Prehistory to History
ISBN-10
100094008X
ISBN-13
9781000940084
Series
Southeast Asia
Category
History
Pages
392
Language
English
Published
2023-05-09
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Authors
Peter Bellwood, Dr Ian Glover

Description

This comprehensive and absorbing book traces the cultural history of Southeast Asia from prehistoric (especially Neolithic, Bronze-Iron age) times through to the major Hindu and Buddhist civilizations, to around AD 1300. Southeast Asia has recently attracted archaeological attention as the locus for the first recorded sea crossings; as the region of origin for the Austronesian population dispersal across the Pacific from Neolithic times; as an arena for the development of archaeologically-rich Neolithic, and metal using communities, especially in Thailand and Vietnam, and as the backdrop for several unique and strikingly monumental Indic civilizations, such as the Khmer civilization centred around Angkor. Southeast Asia is invaluable to anyone interested in the full history of the region.

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