Designs on Pots

Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-17802-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Asian Heritages

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.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Esterik, Penny

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunstsammlung, Museen, Ausstellungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Acknowledgements, Chapter 1 The Personal Past: Designs on Pots, Chapter 2 The Excavated Past: Grounded Evidence, Chapter 3 The Artistic Past: Aesthetic Preferences, Chapter 4 The Looted Past: On Stealing Pots, Chapter 5 The Fake Past: Forgeries and Souvenirs, Chapter 6 The Packaged Past: Implications for Thai Heritage, Illustrations, Appendix, Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.