Southeast Asian Archaeology Bibliographic Database

An interactive bibliographic database devoted to scholarly research pertaining to Southeast Asian archaeology and anthropology.

seasia.museum.upenn.edu

South Asian Archaeology 1999

A report from the IIAS Newsletter on the 15th South Asian Archaeology Conference for the exchange of new ideas, and latest results of excavation and research by archaeologists and art historians working on South Asia and the Silk Road region.

www.iias.nl

Southeast Asian Monuments

Shows 100 slides of monuments in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam documenting Hindu and Buddhist structures, dating roughly from the 9th to 15th centuries. With overview, sculptures, and ornamental details.

www.leidenuniv.nl

BBC - Origin of Dogs Traced

Explores how virtually all dogs evolved from just a handful of wolves tamed by humans living in or near China less than 15,000 years ago.

news.bbc.co.uk

Ancient Jewelry from Central Asia

Provides a short history of research of jewelry art in Central Asia from 400 BC to 400 AD.

www.transoxiana.com.ar

Semthan: The Prehistoric Period of Kashmir

Synopsis of investigation into Kashmir prehistory, revealing Greek influence and discoveries of important relics.

www.koausa.org

Basic Readings in English on the Archaeology of Asia

Compiled listing, grouped by region, by Boston University's International Center for East Asian Archaeology and Cultural History.

www.bu.edu

Early Iron in China, Korea, and Japan

Explores the use of iron in east Asia and Siberia, from a meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Los Angeles, in 1993.

www.staff.hum.ku.dk

Xinhua - Chinese, Japanese Started Prehistoric Exchanges 7,000 Years Ago

Explores the conclusions of a conference of Asian scholars and archaeologists that cultural exchanges occurred on a route from northeast China through Russian areas to Japan over 7,000 years ago.

news.xinhuanet.com

The Alekseev Manuscript

A lecture by the distinguished Soviet scholar Valery Alexeev at Harvard University in 1991 on the state of archaeology in the former USSR and description of the physical and political geography of Eurasia.

www.drummingnet.com

Artistic Features of Jewelry Art from Central Asia (IV BC - IV AD)

Attempts to identify the unique artistic features of jewelry and draw conclusions based on differences in the quality of articles from various treasures.

www.transoxiana.com.ar

The Sintashta Culture and Some Questions of Indo-European Origins

This theory proposes a local development of East-European cultures from Enaeolithic to Pit-grave culture, Catacomb culture, Timber-grave (or Srubnaya) culture and Andronovo culture, which migrated south to India. (PDF)

csc.ac.ru

Institute of History and Philology

Academia Sinica, a Taiwanese institute, describes its research departments on history, linguistics, archaeology, anthropology, and the Chinese writing systems.

www.sinica.edu.tw

New Light On A Forgotten Past

Synopsis of the book written by Wilhelm G. Solheim II which re-examines established beliefs on ancient horticulture, bronze casting, migration, and other aspects after new discoveries in southeast Asia.

www.mevietnam.org

The Spice Routes

Details on the ancient spice routes between Southeast Asia and Africa.

asiapacificuniverse.com