| Surface Collection: Archaeological Travels in Southeast Asia Contributor(s): Byrne, Denis (Author) |
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ISBN: 0759110174 ISBN-13: 9780759110175 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $119.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: A travelogue that tackles the pressing issues of cultural heritage management in Southern Asia by examining several contemporary and historical issues in Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, among others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Asia - Southeast |
| Dewey: 363.690 |
| LCCN: 2007011448 |
| Series: Worlds of Archaeology |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.35" W x 8.99" (0.97 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Written as a travelogue, Surface Collection: Archaeological Travels in Southeast Asia tackles the most pressing issues of cultural-heritage management in an engaging and accessible way. In each chapter the author makes the past relevant to the present through his encounters with archaeological sites. While the book's anecdotes are associated primarily with Thailand and Indonesia--from a decaying National Museum in Manila, to the search for traces of the thousands of Communists who were killed after an attempted coup in Bali, to the discovery of a bottle of perfume found among the personal effects of Indonesian ex-president Sukarno--they have broad international interest because of the issues they raise. These archaeological stories, again and again, remind us what history both remembers and conceals. |