A Heritage of Ruins : : The Ancient Sites of Southeast Asia and Their Conservation / / William R. Chapman.
The ancient ruins of Southeast Asia have long sparked curiosity and romance in the world's imagination. They appear in accounts of nineteenth-century French explorers, as props for Indiana Jones' adventures, and more recently as the scene of Lady Lara Croft's fantastical battle with t...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2013] ©2013 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (416 p.) :; 113 illus., 26 in color |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- A Note on Diacritics, Language, and Usage
- Introduction
- 1. A Southeast Asian Heritage: Background and Context
- 2. Indonesia: The Temple-Mountains of Prambanan and Borobudur
- 3. Cambodia: Angkor, the City That Is a Temple
- 4. Vietnam and Laos: Ruins at Mỹ Sơn and Vat Phu
- 5. Thailand: Sukhothai, Ayutthaya, and the Temples of the Khorat Plateau
- 6. Burma and Malaysia: The Plain of Pagan and Lembah Bujang
- 7. The Future of Southeast Asia's Ancient Sites
- Conclusions
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Illustration Credits
- Index