The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor reflects the results of a research programme conducted by Charles Higham over the last twenty years, highlighting much entirely new, and occasionally surprising, information and providing a distinct perspective on cultural change over two millennia. The book covers the background of environmental change, the adoption of rice farming, archaeogenetics, the adoption of copper-based metallurgy, the iron age and the origins of state formation.
Autorentext
Charles Higham is Research Professor at the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago, New Zealand.
Zusammenfassung
The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor reflects the results of a research programme conducted by Charles Higham over the last twenty years, highlighting much entirely new, and occasionally surprising, information and providing a distinct perspective on cultural change over two millennia. The book covers the background of environmental change, the adoption of rice farming, archaeogenetics, the adoption of copper-based metallurgy, the iron age and the origins of state formation.
Inhalt
1. The Debates
2. Southeast Asia in 2000 BC
3. Laying the Foundation
4. The Coming of the Age of Bronze
5. The Iron Age
6. The Transition into early states
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