Southeast Asia : from prehistory to history / edited by Ian Glover and Peter Bellwood.

Includes bibliograpical references and index.

Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations Foreword Andrew Sherratt Introduction Ian C. Glover and P. Bellwood 1. Southeast Asia: Foundations for an Archaeological History Peter Bellwood and Ian Glover 2. The Origins and Dispersals of Agricultural Communities in Southeast Asia: Commencing In Southern China About 8000 Years Ago Peter Bellwood 3. Mainland Southeast Asia from the Neolithic to the Iron Age Charles Higham 4. The Archaeology of Early Contact with India and the Mediterranean Bérénice Bellina and Ian Glover 5. The Archaeology Of Pre-Angkorean And Angkorean Cambodia Miriam Stark 6. The Archaeology of the Early Buddhist Kingdoms of Thailand Phasook Indrawooth 7. The Archaeology of Burma/Myanmar R. Hudson and Pamela Gutman 8. The Archaeology of Viet Nam Nguyen Khac Su, Pham Minh Huyen and Tong Trung Tin 9. The Archaeology of the Indianised States of Champa (Southern Vietnam) William Southworth 10. The Archaeology of the Hindu-Buddhist Civilisations of Indonesia John Miksic 11. The Archaeology of the Philippine Islands Lis Bacus 12. The Archaeology of the Maritime States of Southeast Asia During the First Millennium AD Pierre Manguin 13. Indigenous Traditions and Extraneous Influences in the Early History of Peninsular Malaysia David Bulbeck 14. Retrospect and Prospect Ian Glover and Peter Bellwood Index

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.