Surface Collection
Archaeological Travels in Southeast Asia
1st Edition
Published on 16. September 2007
1 pages
979-8-216-23095-3 (ISBN)
Description
Written as a travelogue, Surface Collection: Archaeological Travels in Southeast Asia tackles the most pressing issues of cultural-heritage management in an engaging and accessible way. In each chapter the author makes the past relevant to the present through his encounters with archaeological sites. While the book's anecdotes are associated primarily with Thailand and Indonesia-from a decaying National Museum in Manila, to the search for traces of the thousands of Communists who were killed after an attempted coup in Bali, to the discovery of a bottle of perfume found among the personal effects of Indonesian ex-president Sukarno-they have broad international interest because of the issues they raise. These archaeological stories, again and again, remind us what history both remembers and conceals.
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09/2007
AltaMira Press
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Denis Byrne is an archaeologist who lives in Sydney. His doctoral project at the Australian National University in Canberra involved an examination of the history and politics of archaeological heritage management in Southeast Asia and Australia.
Content
Part 1 Prologue
Chapter 2 Intramuros
Chapter 3 Rice growing & Heritage
Chapter 4 Traveling in Karangasem
Chapter 5 Traces of 1965-66
Chapter 6 Shalimar & Sukarno
Chapter 7 Spectral coastline
Chapter 8 Vung Tau
Chapter 9 The divine underground
Chapter 2 Intramuros
Chapter 3 Rice growing & Heritage
Chapter 4 Traveling in Karangasem
Chapter 5 Traces of 1965-66
Chapter 6 Shalimar & Sukarno
Chapter 7 Spectral coastline
Chapter 8 Vung Tau
Chapter 9 The divine underground
