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      A View from the Highlands: Archaeology and Settlement History of West Sumatra, Indonesia

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      Analyses the rise of the settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra. The book provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, i...

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      Product ID:9789814843010
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:SG
      Title:A View from the Highlands
      Subtitle:Archaeology and Settlement History of West Sumatra, Indonesia
      Authors:Author: Mai Lin Tjoa-Bonatz
      Page Count:277
      Subjects:Regional / International studies, Regional studies, Asian history, Archaeology, Landscape archaeology, Asian history, Archaeology, Landscape archaeology, Indonesia
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      Analyses the rise of the settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra. The book provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, in a cultural historic synthesis.

      This book analyses the rise of the settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia. It explores the regional settlement pattern arising from Adityavarman’s highland interregnum (c. 1347–75), and provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, in a cultural historic synthesis. The core of this research consisted of excavations at Bukit Gombak and Bukit Kincir. Bukit Gombak was a central place in Adityavarman’s kingdom, and provides evidence of the organization and material development of this political entity. Surveys uncovered other settlements that could be examined in relation to each other and to sites from earlier and later periods, and used to sketch out the settlement history of Tanah Datar from prehistoric times to the colonial period. The book consists of detailed studies of metal, ceramics and glass finds by laboratory-based specialists as well as careful descriptions of stone, clay and other finds.


      Imprint Name:ISEAS
      Publisher Name:ISEAS
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-11-30

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      Weight350 g
      Dimensions152 × 229 × 16 mm