CERAMICS
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IS BN 978-974-480-020-6
WL Order Code 22 310
US$43.00
Bangkok 2002, 168 pp., 80 pp. color illus., 1
map, 210 x 295 mm, pbk. |
Labbé, Armand J.;
Prehistoric Thai Ceramics: Ban Chiang in Regional
Cultural Perspective
The first comprehensive book of its kind in English, focused exclusively on
pottery; its technology, production and artistic development in Thailand in
prehistory.
Over twenty-five hundred years of pottery making spanning the periods from about 2200 B.C. to 400 A.D. are examined; uncovering a rich
repertoire of pottery working echniques, forms and decorative schemes.
The
book examines pottery production in the Northeast, Central and Southeast
Seaboard regions of Thailand, noting differences and similarities in production
by site, region and chronology.
This work also explores the topic of
modern fakes and forgeries of prehistoric pottery, a common problem faced
by museums with unprovenanced collections, which underscores the persistent
need for continued scientific rchaeology.
Other topics include the use of
electron micro probe to determine the constituent mineral composition of clay
fabrics.
Lavishly illustrated with over two hundred and fifty color plates, maps
and charts, the book is designed to appeal to a broad readership, interested in
art, culture and prehistory.
This volume greatly expands, but does not repeat,
the author’s previous work Ban Chiang: The Art and Prehistory of Northeast
Thailand.
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