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A brick kiln discovered in the Quang Ngai province in Vietnam raises new questions about the construction methods used by the Cham. In its height, the Cham (4th – 9th century) controlled much of the coastline of Southern Vietnam and flourished by facilitating maritime trade between China and India. Cham ethnic people’s relic found in [...] I posted the story about Philippines move to regulate treasure hunting in caves earlier, but a smaller detail in this Inquirer story was a little interesting – besides archaeological and cultural finds, is the Philippines trying to deter hunters for Yamashita’s treasure as well? Philippines to regulate treasure-hunting Philippine Inquirer, 27 Dec 2007 [...] European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists (EurASEAA) 12th International Conference Leiden , the Netherlands 1 – 5 September 2008 Second Announcement Call for Papers We invite papers on all aspects of Southeast Asian archaeology, including art history, epigraphy, and numismatics. Papers on China and India that closely relate to Southeast Asian [...] This Christmas edition of the Wednesday Rojak brings us to Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia for some ancient temples, royal architecture, hobbits and the Shan: Andy Brouwer features an article by Heritage Watch on Protecting Cambodia’s Treasures. Chris Miller sets poetry to Angkoran sculpture in When Sculpture was King. Matt brings us to Thailand’s royal palaces [...] A 13th century shipwreck laden with Song Dynasty porcelain was recovered from the depths of the South China Sea last week – ships like these were common in the international trade that plied the maritime silk route between China and West Asia, and they all moved through Southeast Asia. Sunken Merchant Boat Raised from [...] Merry Christmas! This Christmas season, the Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog is giving away a hardcover copy of The Art of Champa by Jean-Francois Hubert.
Duncan Graham, a writer based in Surabaya, gives his take on the book The Discovery of the Hobbit by Mike Morwood and Penny van Oosterzee. Another review of the book has been posted on SEAArch here. The Trouble With Hobbits The Jakarta Post, 23 December 2007 [...] The Linh Mu tower, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hue has been restored after 4 years of work. UNESCO-acknowledged world heritage pagoda gets facelift Thanh Nien News, 21 December 2007 I’ve been playing around with a site redesign for a couple of weeks now – I thought it was high time to give the site a revamp. The changes are mainly cosmetic, but I’d love to hear feedback from you if you see anything out of place. If you have any comments and suggestions for [...] The Archaeological Survey of India is embarking on a project to survey the Nalanda University complex via satellite. Why is this getting some air time on SEAArch? Because there’s an exhibition going on about Buddhism in Asia at Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum, with Nalanda as the focal point. Satellite survey of Nalanda ruins begins in [...] |
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