The Angkorian world. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mitch Hendrickson, Miriam T. Stark, Damian Evans.
• Editors: Hendrickson, Mitch J; Stark, Miriam T; Evans, Damian
• Contents: Prologue: An Introduction to the Angkorian World Mitch Hendrickson, Miriam T. Stark, Damian Evans with Roland Fletcher PART I: CONTEXTS 1 An Environmental History of Angkor: Beginning and End Dan Penny &Tegan Hall 2 Texts and Objects: Exploiting the Literary Sources in Mediaeval Cambodia Dominique Soutif and Julia Estève 3 ‘Invisible Cambodians’: Knowledge Production in the History of Angkorian Archaeology Heng Piphal, Seng Sonetra and Nhim Sotheavin 4 The Mekong Delta Before the Angkorian World Miriam T. Stark and Pierre-Yves Manguin 5 The Early Capitals of Angkor Jean-Baptiste Chevance and Christophe Pottier 6 Angkor’s Multiple Southeast Asia Overland Connections Kenneth. R. Hall 7 Angkor and China: 9th–15th Centuries Miriam T. Stark and Aedeen Cremin PART II: LANDSCAPES 8 Forests, Palms, and Paddy Fields: The Plant Ecology of Angkor Tegan Hall and Dan Penny 9 Angkor and the Mekong River: Settlement, Resources, Mobility, and Power Heng Piphal 10 Trajectories of Urbanism in the Angkorian World Damian Evans, Roland Fletcher, Sarah Klassen, Christophe Pottier and Pelle Wijker 11 Angkor's Temple Communities and the Logic of Its Urban Landscape Scott Hawken and Sarah Klassen 12 Angkor as a "Cité Hydraulique"? Terry Lustig, Jean-Baptiste Chevance and Wayne Johnson PART III: STATE INSTITUTIONS 13 Angkorian Law and Land Tess Davis and Eileen Lustig 14 Warfare and Defensive Architecture in the Angkorian World David Brotherson 15 Āśramas, Shrines, and Royal Power Chea Socheat, Julia Estève, Dominique Soutif and Edward Swenson 16 Education and Medicine at Angkor Rethy Chhem, Damian Evans, Chhom Kunthea, Phlong Pisith and Peter D. Sharrock PART IV: ECONOMIES 17 Angkor’s Economy: Implications of the Transfer of Wealth Eileen Lustig, Aedeen Cremin and Terry Lustig 18 The Temple Economy of Angkor Heng Piphal and Sachchidanand Sahai 19 Angkor’s Agrarian Economy: A Socio-Ecological Mosaic Scott Hawken and Cristina Cobo Castillo 20 From Quarries to Temples: Stone Procurement, Materiality, and Spirituality in the Angkorian World Christian Fischer, Federico Carò and Martin Polkinghorne 21 Crafting With Fire: Stoneware and Iron Pyrotechnologies in the Angkorian World Mitch Hendrickson, Ea Darith, Chhay Rachna, Tabata Yukitsugu, Phon Kaseka, Stéphanie Leroy, Yuni Sato and Armand Desbat 22 Food, Craft, and Ritual: Plants From the Angkorian World Cristina Cobo Castillo PART V: IDEOLOGIES AND REALITIES 23 Gods and Temples: The Nature(s) of Angkorian Religion Julia Estève 24 Bodies of Glory: The Statuary of Angkor Paul A. Lavy and Martin Polkinghorne 25 ‘Of Cattle and Kings’: Bovines in the Angkorian World Mitch Hendrickson, Eileen Lustig and Siyonn Sophearith 26 An Angkor Nation? Identifying the Core of the Khmer Empire Ian Lowman, Chhom Kunthea and Mitch Hendrickson 27 The Angkorian House Alison Carter, Miriam T. Stark, Heng Piphal and Chhay Rachna 28 Vogue at Angkor: Dress, Décor, and Narrative Drama Gillian Green 29 Gender, Status, and Hierarchy in the Age of Angkor Trude Jacobsen Gidaszewski PART VI: AFTER ANGKOR 30 Perspectives on the ‘Collapse’ of Angkor and the Khmer Empire Damian Evans, Martin Polkinghorne, Roland Fletcher, David Brotherson, Tegan Hall, Sarah Klassen and Pelle Wijker 31 Uthong and Angkor: Material Legacies in the Chao Phraya Basin, Thailand Pipad Krajaejun 32 Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII Ashley Thompson 33 Early Modern Cambodia and Archaeology at Longvek Martin Polkinghorne and Yuni Sato 34 Yama, the God Closest to the Khmers Ang Choulean 35 Inarguably Angkor Penny Edwards
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (920 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 959.601; Angkor (Extinct city) -- History; Angkor (Extinct city) -- Civilization; Cambodia -- Antiquities
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351128926; 9781351128933
• Related ISBNs: 9780815355953
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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