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Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology

  • Comprehensive reference for the archaeology of East and Southeast Asia

  • Contextualizes contributed chapters with section introductions? in order to tie disparate countries and regions together thematically

  • Provides histories of research and intellectual traditions for each relevant region

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Introduction

    • Junko Habu, Peter V. Lape, John W. Olsen
    Pages 1-8
  3. History and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
    2. A History of Mongolian Archaeological Studies

      • Byambaa Gunchinsuren
      Pages 59-77
    3. The Archaeology of Vietnam

      • Nam C. Kim
      Pages 79-82
    4. The History and Practice of Archaeology in Laos

      • Ben Marwick, Bounheung Bouasisengpaseuth
      Pages 89-95
    5. The Archaeology of Singapore

      • John N. Miksic
      Pages 119-123
    6. A History of Archaeology in Malaysia

      • Stephen Chia
      Pages 125-141
    7. The Archaeology of Indonesia

      • Truman Simanjuntak
      Pages 143-150
  4. Early Occupations of Asia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
    2. Paleolithic Archaeology in Japan

      • Fumiko Ikawa-Smith
      Pages 195-217
    3. Paleolithic Archaeology in Korea

      • Kidong Bae
      Pages 219-239

About this book

The Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology focuses on the material culture and lifeways of the peoples of prehistoric and early historic East and Southeast Asia; their origins, behavior and identities as well as their biological, linguistic and cultural differences and commonalities. Emphasis is placed upon the interpretation of material culture to illuminate and explain social processes and relationships as well as behavior, technology, patterns and mechanisms of long-term change and chronology, in addition to the intellectual history of archaeology as a discipline in this diverse region. 

The Handbook augments archaeologically-focused chapters contributed by regional scholars by providing histories of research and intellectual traditions, and by maintaining a broadly comparative perspective. Archaeologically-derived data are emphasized with text-based documentary information, provided to complement interpretations of material culture. The Handbook is not restricted to art historical or purely descriptive perspectives; its geographical coverage includes the modern nation-states of China, Mongolia, Far Eastern Russia, North and South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

    Junko Habu

  • Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    Peter V. Lape

  • School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

    John W. Olsen

About the editors

Junko Habu

John Olsen


Peter V. Lape

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of East and Southeast Asian Archaeology

  • Editors: Junko Habu, Peter V. Lape, John W. Olsen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6521-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-6519-9Published: 09 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-8224-0Published: 30 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-6521-2Published: 08 December 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 771

  • Number of Illustrations: 59 b/w illustrations, 76 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Archaeology, Anthropology, Cultural Heritage

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Softcover Book USD 449.99
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