Intaglios, Cameos, Rings and Related Objects from Burma and Java
Title | Intaglios, Cameos, Rings and Related Objects from Burma and Java PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila Hoey Middleton |
Publisher | BAR International Series |
Pages | 234 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
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The subject of this study is a collection of over one hundred intaglios, cameos, seals and rings acquired by Tom and Danielle White during a diplomatic posting in Burma (Myanmar) between 1985 and 1989. (Another private collection of intaglios, seals, sealings and other objects from Burma is described briefly in the Appendix.) Twenty rings from Java, also from the White collection, have been added at the end of the catalogue. Until now the few engraved gems from Burma which have been published are scattered through periodicals or only briefly mentioned in larger works. The opportunity has been taken in the present catalogue to compare, where possible, this collection from Burma with intaglios, sealings, coins and other objects from India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and elsewhere which may help to set this collection in its regional context. In Part B of the introduction brief descriptions are given of the main Pyu sites in Burma; and of the other 'Indianised' sites in Arakan and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, where engraved gems have been found. Photographs of the White Collection by Robert Wilkins
The Oxford Handbook of Early Southeast Asia
Title | The Oxford Handbook of Early Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | C.F.W. Higham |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 921 |
Release | 2022-01-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0197564275 |
Southeast Asia ranks among the most significant regions in the world for tracing the prehistory of human endeavor over a period in excess of two million years. It lies in the direct path of successive migrations from the African homeland that saw settlement by hominin populations such as Homo erectus and Homo floresiensis. The first Anatomically Modern Humans, following a coastal route, reached the region at least 60,000 years ago to establish a hunter gatherer tradition that survives to this day in remote forests. From about 2000 BC, human settlement of Southeast Asia was deeply affected by successive innovations that took place to the north and west, such as rice and millet farming. A millennium later, knowledge of bronze casting penetrated along the same pathways. Copper mines were identified and exploited, and metals were exchanged over hundreds of kilometers. In the Mekong Delta and elsewhere, these developments led to early states of the region, which benefitted from an agricultural revolution involving permanent ploughed rice fields. These developments illuminate how the great early kingdoms of Angkor, Champa, and Funan came to be, a vital stage in understanding the roots of the present nation states of Southeast Asia. Assembling the most current research across a variety of disciplines--from anthropology and archaeology to history, art history, and linguistics--The Oxford Handbook of Early Southeast Asia will present an invaluable resource to experienced researchers and those approaching the topic for the first time.
The Journal of the Siam Society
Title | The Journal of the Siam Society PDF eBook |
Author | Siam Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Thailand |
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Early Landscapes of Myanmar
Title | Early Landscapes of Myanmar PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth H. Moore |
Publisher | Bright Sparks |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Architecture |
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This book describes the emergence of the Buddhist landscapes of Myanmar. The authoritative text is framed by the artefacts, sites and ecology of Upper and Lower Myanmar, with coverage of the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Bronze-iron chiefdoms that preceded Hindu-Buddhist walled polities of the first millennium AD. Views and descriptions of sites, many not published in English before, include Letpanchibaw, Htaukmagon-Moegyobyin, Badigon, Tagaung, Halin, Sriksetra, Thaton and Dawei. The author's extensive fieldwork with Myanmar academics over the last decade brings an original perspective on the catalysts that structure landscape interaction, enabling expansion of agriculture, resource utilization and international trade networks. While the book's primary focus is the archaeology of Myanmar, this is linked to Yunnan, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and South Asia. The central theme, however, remains the relationship between man and the environment; flexibility was the norm as seasons changed, rivers meandered and seasonal lakes formed, creating the shallow flooded terrain conducive to the early development of wet-rice cultivation, bronze-iron technology and brick-walled sites. Social changes later accelerated with the rise of the state but the author concludes that the most profound transformations were already in place in the first millennium AD landscape of Upper and Lower Myanmar. Profusely illustrated with site plans, site views, maps and artefacts, this book is aimed at encouraging research into the many new areas thrown up by its ground-breaking text. Book jacket.
Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia
Title | Lost Kingdoms: Hindu-Buddhist Sculpture of Early Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Guy, John |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2014-04-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1588395243 |
A fresh and exciting exploration of Southeast Asian history from the 5th to 9th century, seen through the lens of the region's sculpture
Classical Engraved Gems from Turkey and Elsewhere
Title | Classical Engraved Gems from Turkey and Elsewhere PDF eBook |
Author | Sheila E. Hoey Middleton |
Publisher | BAR International Series |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Crafts & Hobbies |
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An illustrated catalogue of 59 engraved gems from the Wright Collection, most of which are from Turkey and Yugoslavia. The collection includes Phoenician and Etruscan scarabs and ringstones and cameos dating from the Hellenistic, Roman, Sasanian, Late Antique, Renaissance and Modern periods. The largest group is Roman and includes gems engraved with deities, Bacchic themes, heroes, symbols, portraits and animals.
Pagans and Christians
Title | Pagans and Christians PDF eBook |
Author | Lauren Adams Gilmour |
Publisher | British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | History |
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37 essays on the christianisation of the Roman world and Christian culture up to the later Middle Ages. As might be expected there is a particular emphasis on Roman Britain and on Christian art.