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Book Review: Khmer Gold: Gifts for the Gods

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

Book Review: The Discovery of the Hobbit

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

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Selections, October 2007

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.

042271 Archaeology Of Asia. Stark, Miriam, T. (ed.). Gb. 2006. 364pp. pb $71.64 (This introduction to the archaeology of Asia, written for the [...]

Free Ebooks from the ANU E Press

The ANU E Press, the digital imprint of the Australian National University is offering a range of scholarly texts from the ANU academic community – for free. These three books in particular are available for download which would be of interest to readers of this site: Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago, The Archaeology of the Aru Islands, Eastern Indonesia, and The Austronesians. [...]

Selections July 2007

Here are the new additions of archaeological interest 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.

041413 Historical Dictionary Of The Peoples Of The Southeast Asian Massif. Michaud, Jean. Us. 2006. 357pp. hc $172.83 (Dwelling in the [...]

Ta Prohm: A Glorious Era in Angkor Civilisation

An informal presentation by the authors of the new book, Ta Prohm: A Glorious Era in Angkor Civilisation will be held at Ecole Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Siem Reap on Monday, 25th June. [...]

Another Homo Floresiensis book review

Another book review of “A New Human: The Startling Discovery and Strange Story of the “Hobbits” of Flores, Indonesia” by Mike Morwood and Penny van Oosterzee. [...]

New book on the Flores hominid

A book review on the latest book about the Flores Hominid, also nicknamed the Hobbit, written by Mike Morwood, one of the archaeologists who discovered the remarkable find in 2003. [...]

New archaeology books on Select

New Southeast Asian archaeology-related books from Select Books, added in May 2007. Other books also available in the bookstore. [...]

Selections, April 2007

Here are the new additions 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.

039778 Different Paths Of Buddhism, The: A Narrative-Historical Introduction (Reprinted 2006). Olson, Carl. Us. 2005. 291pp. pb $49.00 (Planned primarily for undergraduate study, this [...]