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Tables of Contents for The Bronze Age of Southeast Asia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
Preface
xv
Introduction
1
16
The prehistoric sequence
3
4
Nomenclature
7
1
The Bronze Age: issues and problems
7
5
The Bronze Age in Thailand: a controversy over dates
9
3
Chronometric hygiene
12
1
Central variables in considering the Bronze Age of Southeast Asia
13
4
The discovery of the Bronze Age
17
22
Early work in French Indo-China
17
11
Early work in southern China
28
4
The post-war period
32
7
The cultural sequence in China
39
34
The zhongyuan (central plains)
39
22
The Neolithic prelude
41
1
The Yangshao culture
42
4
The Dawenkou culture
46
1
The Qijia culture
46
5
The Longshan culture
51
2
The historical period
53
2
Radical changes: Erlitou
55
1
The Shang Dynasty: Zhengzhou and Anyang
56
2
Anyang, a late Shang Dynasty centre
58
2
The Zhou Dynasty
60
1
Summary
60
1
The Bronze Age in the Yangzi Valley
61
10
The Neolithic prelude
61
7
The Bronze Age in the Yangzi Valley
68
3
Summary
71
2
South of the Mountains
73
63
Lingnan and Bac Bo
73
4
Affluent foragers
77
6
Affluent foragers until 4000 BC (Early Neolithic)
78
1
Affluent foragers 4000-2800 BC (the Middle Neolithic)
79
4
The first rice farmers (Late Neolithic)
83
7
The Fubin culture
86
1
The Phung Nguyen culture
86
4
The Bronze Age
90
13
The Early Bronze Age in Bac Bo
96
4
The establishment of the State of Chu
100
3
Bronze technology
103
1
The Iron Age
103
5
The Iron Age in Bac Bo
108
24
Dong Son
109
2
Viet Khe
111
3
Chau Can
114
2
Xuan La
116
2
Minh Duc
118
1
The burials at Dong Son
118
1
Lang Ca
119
1
Lang Vac
119
3
Co Loa
122
2
Dong Son ritual
124
5
Dong Son bronze technology
129
3
The Dong Son culture: discussion
132
2
Summary
134
2
South of the Clouds
136
47
The Yunnan Plateau
136
6
The Iron Age of the Yunnan Plateau
139
1
Yelang
140
2
The Dian culture
142
40
Shizhaishan
142
19
Tianzimao
161
4
Shibeicun
165
1
Taijishan
166
1
Lijiashan
166
5
Dian bronze technology
171
2
The Erhai region
173
5
Dabona
178
4
Summary
182
1
Beyond the Fortress of the Sky
183
64
The Mekong Valley
183
5
The Khorat Plateau
188
16
Non Kao Noi
189
1
Non Nok Tha
189
5
Non Pa Kluay
194
1
Non Praw
195
1
Ban Chiang
196
3
Ban Na Di
199
5
The Middle Chi Valley
204
1
The Upper Mun Valley
205
3
The Tonle Sap plains
208
1
The Lower Mekong
208
3
The Iron Age
211
8
Non Chai
212
3
Ban Chiang Hian
215
2
Non Dua
217
2
The Upper Mun Valley
219
12
Noen U-Loke
220
11
The Siem Reap Plain
231
1
The Sakon Nakhon Basin
231
4
Don Klang
235
1
The Mekong Valley: bronze technology
235
5
The Mekong Valley: summary and conclusions
240
7
Note 1: chronology
245
2
Central Thailand
247
47
The Neolithic settlement
249
18
Early coastal settlement
251
1
Khok Phanom Di
251
7
The Bang site, Ban Kao
258
4
Ban Kao: the late phase
262
3
Khok Charoen
265
1
Phu Noi
266
1
Non Pa Wai
267
1
The Bronze Age
267
7
Khao Wong Prachan Valley
269
2
Non Pa Wai
271
1
Nil Kham Haeng
272
2
Copper technology in Central Thailand
274
7
Nong Nor
275
6
The western margins of the Bangkok Plain
281
1
The Iron Age
281
10
Ban Don Ta Phet
282
8
Tham Ongbah
290
1
Summary
291
3
Eastern India, the Islands of Southeast Asia and Coastal Vietnam
294
15
Eastern India
294
3
The Bronze Age of island Southeast Asia
297
4
The first metal in island Southeast Asia
301
1
The bronze industry of Bali
302
2
The Tabon Caves
303
1
The central and southern coastal plain of Vietnam
304
4
Summary
308
1
Discussion and conclusions
309
28
The expansion of rice cultivation
309
1
Social organisation
310
1
The source and transmission of Bronze Age technology
311
2
The social impact of bronze artefacts
313
3
The Southeast Asian Bronze Age in broader perspective
316
4
Comparison with the Huanghe valley
316
1
Comparison with Mesopotamia
317
1
Comparison with Iberia
318
1
Comparison with the Eastern Mediterranean
319
1
Social hierarchies in Bronze Age society
320
11
General theories
320
1
Choosing the right model
321
1
Social hierarchies in Southeast Asia
322
1
Rice: the key to subsistence
322
2
Social development in Lingnan
324
1
Social development in the Yunnan Plateau
325
2
Social development in Bac Bo
327
1
Social development in Central Thailand and the Mekong Valley
328
3
The sequel
331
6
Summary
337
5
References
342
1
Abbreviations
342
23
Index
365