The 'Metal Age' at the Niah Caves, c. 2000-500 years ago
Szabo, Katherine; Cole, Franca; LLoyd-Smith, Lindsay; Barker, Graeme William; Hunt, Chris; Piper, Philip; Doherty, Chris
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The term 'Metal Age', sometimes with locally-specific sub-divisions such as 'early', 'develop d' and 'protohistoric', is used in Island Southeast Asia a harthand for the p � riod from about 200 years g until the arrival of Europ ans. Tt \� as originally pr posed because of th� Ia k f clear chron logical sep<~ ration between the appearan e of iron and bronze in th region, compared with on the Asian Mainland (Bellwood 1999, 116; Fox 1970, 121-2; T. Harrisson 1970, 30; van Heekeren 1958, 1)....[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Szabo, Katherine | |
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dc.contributor.author | Cole, Franca | |
dc.contributor.author | LLoyd-Smith, Lindsay | |
dc.contributor.author | Barker, Graeme William | |
dc.contributor.author | Hunt, Chris | |
dc.contributor.author | Piper, Philip | |
dc.contributor.author | Doherty, Chris | |
dc.contributor.editor | Graeme Barker | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-10T22:12:37Z | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781902937540 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49746 | |
dc.description.abstract | The term 'Metal Age', sometimes with locally-specific sub-divisions such as 'early', 'develop d' and 'protohistoric', is used in Island Southeast Asia a harthand for the p � riod from about 200 years g until the arrival of Europ ans. Tt \� as originally pr posed because of th� Ia k f clear chron logical sep<~ ration between the appearan e of iron and bronze in th region, compared with on the Asian Mainland (Bellwood 1999, 116; Fox 1970, 121-2; T. Harrisson 1970, 30; van Heekeren 1958, 1). Despite the fact that people at Niah may have been acquainted with metal from c. 2500 BP (Chapter 7, pp. 289-90), the term Metal Age remains a useful tag for a period beginning c. 2000 BP that is inherent! diverse, and often eclectic. Perhaps because of this diversit there have been remarkably few attempts at synthesi , scholars tending to focus on the technology and distribution of metal artefacts (e.g. Chia 2007; Soejeno 1980) or on dominant external cultural influences and their local manifestations (e.g. been able to undertake thus far. Hence we can only present here a preliminary assessment of the material and its implications for the nature of the 1etal Age in northwest Borneo, Anal !;is is complicated by the lack of an agreed Met | |
dc.publisher | McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Rainforest foraging and farming in Island Southeast Asia | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 1st Edition | |
dc.title | The 'Metal Age' at the Niah Caves, c. 2000-500 years ago | |
dc.type | Book chapter | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.description.refereed | Yes | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 210103 - Archaeology of Asia, Africa and the Americas | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4486421xPUB191 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Szabo, Katherine, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Cole, Franca, Hamad Bin Khalifa University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | LLoyd-Smith, Lindsay, Sogang University | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Barker, Graeme William, University of Cambridge | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Hunt, Chris, Queen's University Belfast | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Piper, Philip, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Doherty, Chris, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art | |
local.description.embargo | 2037-12-31 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 299 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 340 | |
local.identifier.absseo | 970121 - Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-22T07:38:01Z | |
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublication | UK | |
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