Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, Volume 2A : : Background to the Study of the Metal Remains / / ed. by Elizabeth G. Hamilton, Joyce C. White.

The emergence and adoption of metallurgy is one of the seminal topics of investigation in the history of archaeology, particularly in the history of archaeological research in Southeast Asia. The site of Ban Chiang, Thailand, is a central site in debates surrounding the chronology and significance o...

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Place / Publishing House:Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.) :; 27 illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Contributors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Ban Chiang, Northeast Thailand, and the Archaeology of Prehistoric Metallurgy
  • 2. Ban Chiang, Ban Tong, Ban Phak Top, and Don Klang: Summary of Excavations and Sequences
  • 3. Debunking the Conventional Paradigm: Metals and Prehistoric Society
  • 4. The New Archaeometallurgy Paradigm
  • 5. Metals in Economic Context
  • 6. Geomorphology of Metal Resources in Mainland Southeast Asia
  • 7. Chaînes Opératoires and the Study of Archaeological Metals
  • Appendix: Glossary
  • References
  • Index