Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 509 p.)
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ill., col. maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9781443804974
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9781282413399
Content:
This is the most comprehensive book devoted to Sumatra in more than half a century. It summarizes earlier studies, and provides a huge amount of new knowledge for the first time in readily accessible form. Sumatra is one of the world's largest islands, rich in flora and fauna, minerals and timber, and located at the midpoint of the maritime route between China and India. These are ideal conditions for the creation of a fascinating history. Sumatra has played a major role in world trade for 2
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; INTRODUCTION; PART I; THE DAWN OF HUMANITY IN SUMATRA; THE NEOLITHIC IN THE HIGHLANDS OF SUMATRA; HIGHLAND-LOWLAND CONNECTIONS IN JAMBI, SOUTH SUMATRA, AND WEST SUMATRA, 11TH TO 14TH CENTURIES; PART II; IS THERE A BATAK HISTORY?; CERAMICS, CLOTH, IRON, AND SALT; ETHNICITY AND COLONIZATION IN NORTHEAST SUMATRA; THE ROLE OF LOCAL INFORMANTS IN THE MAKING OF THE IMAGE OF "CANNIBALISM" IN NORTH SUMATRA; PART III; THE MEGALITHS AND THE POTTERY; ADITYAWARMAN'S HIGHLAND KINGDOM; TAMBO KERINCI; PIAGAM SERAMPAS; SETTLEMENT HISTORIES OF SERAMPAS
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SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND MOBILITY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEKERINCI'S LIVING PAST; KERINCI TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE; THE MEANING OF THE RAINFOREST FOR THE SUKU ANAK DALAM IN JAMBI; PART IV; MOUNDS, TOMBS, AND TALES; SOUTHEAST SUMATRA IN PROTOHISTORIC AND SRIVIJAYA TIMES; FROM BUKIT SEGUNTANG TO LAHAT; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781443807845
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1443804975
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781443804974
Additional Edition:
Print version From Distant Tales : Archaeology and Ethnohistory in the Highlands of Sumatra
Language:
English
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