Overview
- This is the first book which shows the origin and development of rice cultivating civilization in relation to the water environment in the Southeast Asia
- This book presents a series of analyses conducted by various scientists in various fields and outlines an environmental history of East and Southeast Asia
- Archaeological papers provide a detailed first-hand information of material evidence (including the first detailed ceramic chronology), which is valuable for all researchers working in the East and Southeast Asia
Part of the book series: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research (AAHER)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Discovery of the Yangtze River Civilization
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Discovery of the Yangtze River Civilization
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Origin and Development of the Khmer Civilization
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Origin and Development of the Khmer Civilization
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Angkor’s Demise
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About this book
Water Civilization: From Yangtze to Khmer Civilizations comprises three major topics: 1) Discovery of the origin of rice agriculture and the Yangtze River civilization in southern China was mainly based on investigation of the Chengtoushan archaeological site, the earliest urban settlement in East Asia. The origin of rice cultivation can be traced back to 10000 BC, with urban settlement starting at about 6000 BP; 2) The Yangtze River civilization collapsed around 4200 BP. Palaeoenvironmental studies including analyses of annually laminated sediments in East and Southeast Asia indicate a close relationship between climate change and the rise and fall of the rice-cultivating and fishing civilization; and 3) Migrations from southern China to Southeast Asia occurred after about 4200 BP. Archaeological investigation of the Phum Snay site in Cambodia, including analyses of DNA and human skeletal remains, reveals a close relationship to southern China, indicating the migration of people from southern China to Southeast Asia. This publication is an important contribution to understanding the environmental history of China and Cambodia in relation to the rise and fall of the rice-cultivating and fishing civilization, which we call water civilization.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Civilization
Book Subtitle: From Yangtze to Khmer Civilizations
Editors: Yoshinori Yasuda
Series Title: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54111-0
Publisher: Springer Tokyo
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Japan 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-54110-3Published: 24 October 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-56111-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-54111-0Published: 23 October 2012
Series ISSN: 1879-7180
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7199
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 477
Topics: Regional and Cultural Studies, Archaeology, Anthropology, Agriculture