It’s been a while since I last updated the in-site bookstore, and I’ve added quite a few titles in the last week.
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A few months ago, I received a book by Nguyen Thi Hau and Le Thanh Hai about the archaeology of Southern Vietnam (Nam Bo, of French Cochinchina). The book is aimed at introducing the reader to the archaeology of the region by describing sites, geography and artefacts found there. Popular Archaeology – Southern Vietnam: [...] Candi, Space and Landscape by Véronique Degroot discusses the relationship between the physical and religious landscape. The press release can be found after the jump, and more information (including ordering) can be found here. [...] Wat Si Chum is one of the more unusual and significant 13th century monuments in the ancient city of Sukhothai. A monumental Buddha is almost encased in a square building and an inner staircase circumambulates the statue with depictions of the Jataka tales, which talk about the past incarnations of Buddha. The wat is the [...] Time Magazine features an article on Zhou Daguan, the Yuan Dynasty official who visited Angkor in the late 13th century and penned his report entitled A Record of Cambodia: The Land and Its People. photo credit: Jeremy Burgin Angkor Thom Time, 09 September 2009 [...] Champa and the Archaeology of My Son (Vietnam) Edited by Andrew Hardy, Mauro Cucarzi and Patrizia Zolese NUS Press, ISBN: 978-9971-69-451-7 Available at Amazon.com Archaeology in Vietnam is quite vibrant – just take a look at this site and see how much archaeology news comes out of Vietnam. Besides the news, however, it’s quite hard [...] A new book on the Champa sacred site of My Son in Vietnam has been published, featuring the latest research by a number of Vietnamese and international scholars. My Son was a major Cham-Hindu religious centre between the 4th and 13th century and is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. You can pre-order the book [...] A selection of archaeology-related books, new to the catalogue of Select Books, a specialised publisher and retailer of books pertaining to Southeast Asia. For ordering info, please visit the Select Books website. 043005 Early Southeast Asia: Selected Essays. Wolters, O. W.; Craig J. Reynolds (ed.). Us. 2008. 236pp. pb. $65.00 (This collection of previously published [...] The Thai paper The Nation carries a book review of Bunker and Latchford’s Khmer Gold, Gifts for the Gods, about Khmer Jewellery. The gilded kingdom The Nation, 03 February 2008 |
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