| Description |
253 p. : ill (chiefly col) ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-246) and index |
| Contents |
One. Beginnings -- Two. The Institute of Archaeology 1957-1959 -- Three. A Cambridge Undergraduate -- Four. A Research Student -- Five. New Zealand and Introduction to Thailand -- Six. With Gorman in Northern Thailand and Ban Chiang -- Seven. Ban Na Di and its Aftermath -- Eight. Khok Phanom Di, My Personal Everest -- Nine. Ban Bon Noen and Nong Nor -- Ten. Back to the Northeast and Ban Lum Khao -- Eleven. Noen U-Loke and Cambodia -- Twelve. Ban Non Wat, Incredible Surprises -- Thirteen. An Unexpected Return, Non Ban Jak -- Fourteen. An Ongoing Quest -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Charles Higham - rugby player, talented excavator and one of the great archaeologists of his generation - is an engaging raconteur. His fast-moving autobiography tells of the life well lived, of a world authority on Southeast Asia's past. This is a fascinating and adventurous journey complete with academic debates, serious archaeology, its triumphs and minor disasters galore. Read this book if you aspire to be an archaeologist. It will inspire you to great deeds. - Brian Fagan, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Higham charts an archaeological Odyssey from Roman Britain via the Bronze Age stock-breeders of central Europe to prehistoric Thailand and the origins of Angkor. This complements a personal journey equally eventful, from a double first and rugby blue at Cambridge to building a university department in New Zealand. Here is a life laden with academic honours and the thrill of discovery on a series of digs that have transformed understanding of the human past in a hitherto-under-evaluated part of the ancient world. - Professor Norman Hammond, Senior Fellow, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge University |
| Language |
In English |
| Subject |
Higham, Charles
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Thailand
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Southeast Asia
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Archaeologists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Archaeologists -- New Zealand -- Biography
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Thailand -- Antiquities
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Southeast Asia -- Antiquities
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| ISBN |
9786164510586 (pbk.) |
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