Origins of Ancient Vietnam

Zusatztext [Nam Kim] has written a very carefully researched and highly informative book, one that elucidates the most recent findings on the origins of state formation in what is today northern Vietnam...the fields of Vietnamese studies...and Vietnamese archeology...are the beneficiaries of this excellent study...one with considerable positive implications for the future of both fields. Informationen zum Autor Nam C. Kim is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Klappentext The Origins of Ancient Vietnam explores the genesis of civilization in the Red River Delta of Vietnam and how it can inform our understanding of ancient societies, generally, and the foundations of Vietnamese culture, specifically. Zusammenfassung The Origins of Ancient Vietnam explores the genesis of civilization in the Red River Delta of Vietnam and how it can inform our understanding of ancient societies, generally, and the foundations of Vietnamese culture, specifically. Inhaltsverzeichnis Title Page Dedication Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Chapter One: In Search of a Prehistoric State Chapter Two: Research Setting Chapter Three: The Archaeology of Complex Societies and Ancient States Chapter Four: Forms of Complexity in Southeast Asia Chapter Five: War in the World, War in Southeast Asia Chapter Six: Social Change and Emergent Complexity in Bac Bo Chapter Seven: Previous Research for the Co Loa Site Chapter Eight: Recent Field Investigations at Co Loa Chapter Nine: An Ancient City Chapter Ten: A Prehistoric State Chapter Eleven: The Weight of the Past and the Pull of the Present Chapter Twelve: A Prehistoric Civilization Found Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Kim, Nam C Kim, Nam C. Kim, Nam C. (Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kim, Kim Nam C.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780199980888
• ISBN: 978-0-19-998088-8
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Oxford Studies in the Archaeology of Ancient States; Oxford Studies in the Archaeol
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Vietnam, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Ancient History, Asian History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory