The art and architecture of Thailand : from prehistoric times through the thirteenth century
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The art and architecture of Thailand : from prehistoric times through the thirteenth century
(Handbuch der Orientalistik = Handbook of Oriental studies, Section 3 ; South-East Asia ; v. 14)
Brill, 2005
2nd ed
- : alk. paper
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-263) and index
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Written sources on Thai history are scarce. It took Hiram Woodward many years of painstaking archaeological and art-historical research to finally piece together this first ever comprehensive survey work on the art and architecture of Thailand from the earliest times until the establishment of the Thai-speaking kingdoms.
The book, organized geographically and chronologically, covers four eras: the prehistoric period; the period characterized by the culture of the kingdom of Dvaravati; the centuries of Khmer dominance; and, as classical Khmer civilization waned, the period of the struggle for identity.
A systematic and elucidating history of pre-fourteenth-century Thailand in a volume indispensable to historians of art, religion, politics, and society.
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