This comprehensive and absorbing book traces the cultural history of Southeast Asia from prehistoric (especially Neolithic, Bronze-Iron age) times through to the major Hindu and Buddhist civilisations, to around AD 1300.

Notes on Contributors List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction 1. Southeast Asia: Foundations for an Archaeological History 2. The Origins and Dispersals of Agricultural Communities in Southeast Asia: Commencing In Southern China About 8000 Years Ago 3. Mainland Southeast Asia from the Neolithic to the Iron Age 4. The Archaeology of Early Contact with India and the Mediterranean 5. The Archaeology Of Pre-Angkorean And Angkorean Cambodia 6. The Archaeology of the Early Buddhist Kingdoms of Thailand 7. The Archaeology of Burma/Myanmar 8. The Archaeology of Viet Nam 9. The Archaeology of the Indianised States of Champa (Southern Vietnam) 10. The Archaeology of the Hindu-Buddhist Civilisations of Indonesia 11. The Archaeology of the Philippine Islands 12. The Archaeology of the Maritime States of Southeast Asia During the First Millennium AD 13. Indigenous Traditions and Extraneous Influences in the Early History of Peninsular Malaysia 14. Retrospect and Prospect Index