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Designs on Pots: Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand (Asian Heritages)
Author(s): Penny van Esterik (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: September 15, 2023
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 204 pages
- ISBN-10: 9463728465
- ISBN-13: 9789463728461
Book Description
1. Explores heritage from a prehistoric perspective that combines cultural and historical material 2. Combines contexts of looting and faking with excavated material from a single site 3. Provides an example of symmetry analysis on prehistoric painted pottery.
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About the Author
Penny Van Esterik is Professor Emerita of Anthropology, recently retired from York University, Toronto. She is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Guelph. Her fieldwork was primarily in Southeast Asia. She consulted with UNICEF, FAO, and IDRC on topics related to food security and infant feeding and has broad interests in the cultural history of Southeast Asia.
