Excavation of Khok Phnom Di Vol. 7 : A Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand - Summary and Conclusions

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ISBN: 9780854312825 | 085431282X
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Copyright: 9/1/2005

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This is the final volume in the series. It summarises and synthesises the material from this remarkable site, and considers its place in the wider context of Southeast Asian prehistory.

List of figures

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xiv

Preface

I INTRODUCTION: RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

(8)

The 1985-6 excavation

(4)

II A SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS

(26)

The material culture

(2)

The subsistence

(1)

The people of Khok Phanom Di

(2)

The social organization

(2)

Summary of the cultural sequence

(7)

Cultural phases at Khok Phanom Di

(3)

III THE ANALYSIS OF THE MORTUARY REMAINS

(64)

The range and classification of grave goods

(1)

Ornaments

(2)

Utilitarian items

(1)

Symbolic items

(2)

The distribution of grave goods: multiple regression analysis

(6)

Overall wealth

(2)

The composition of sexes within clusters and stages

(1)

Average-link hierarchic cluster analysis

(1)

The results of the cluster analysis for adults from mortuary phases 2, 3 and 4

(1)

The treatment of infants

(8)

The treatment of children

(1)

Differences between clusters

(1)

Principal component analysis of the mortuary data

(6)

Multidimensional scaling

(5)

The placement of grave goods: pottery vessels

(2)

The distribution of pottery vessels between clusters

(3)

Placement of ornaments between clusters during mortuary phases 2, 3 and 4

(5)

The placement of utilitarian artefacts

(1)

The placement and nature of grave goods during mortuary phases 5-7

(3)

The placement of grave goods: summary

(1)

Trends with time

(2)

Wealth and craft specialisation

(1)

Tooth evulsion

(5)

IV THE SOCIAL ORGANISATION

(28)

The interpretation of the mortuary data

109

(3)

Some relevant social and physical variables

112

(1)

Interpretation of the mortuary record

113

(3)

Interpretation 1

116

(1)

Interpretation 2

117

(1)

Interpretation 3

117

(1)

Interpretation 4

118

(1)

Weighing the alternatives

119

(3)

Implications of the mortuary behaviour

122

(1)

Complex hunter-gatherers and Khok Phanom Di

123

(4)

V KHOK PHANOM DI IN WIDER PERSPECTIVE

127

(32)

Introduction

127

(1)

The Austric hypothesis

127

(4)

The prehistory of Central Thailand

131

(3)

Ban Kao

134

(5)

Ban Kao: material culture

139

(2)

The Khao Wong Prachan Valley and associated sites

141

(5)

The Khorat Plateau

146

(7)

Ban Bo and Yunnan

153

(3)

Summary

156

(3)

Appendix: Characteristics of Human Mobility by Strontium Analysis of the Skeletons

159

(8)

Bibliography

167

(12)

Index

179

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Excavation of Khok Phnom Di Vol. 7 : A Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand - Summary and Conclusions

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