Ceramics for the Archaeologist: Recent Advances in Understanding Pottery in Southeast Asian History
28 Jan 2010 | 7.30pm - 8.30pm | @ Ngee Ann Auditorium, ACM Empress Place (Basement)
28 Jan 2010 | 7.30pm - 8.30pm | @ Ngee Ann Auditorium, ACM Empress Place (Basement)
The pioneering studies of Southeast Asian pottery were made by art historians rather than archaeologists. Early books on the subject focused on pottery technology and decoration, but could only speculate on the cultural history and significance of ceramics in this region.In recent years, excavations in southern Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Singapore, and Myanmar have shown that much potential still exists for reclaiming pottery from the scrap heap of history. The allied field of ethnology has also provided some important contributions to the examination of the neglected role of pottery in Southeast Asian art and life.
About the Speaker
John N. Miksic was born in 1946 in upstate New York. He received a PhD from Cornell University in 1979 with a dissertation on Archaeology, Trade and Society in Northeast Sumatra. Miksic has been a Lecturer with the National University of Singapore since 1987. His previous books include Historical Dictionary of Ancient Southeast Asia, Old Javanese Gold, Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas and Icons of Art: National Museum Jakarta.
About the Speaker
John N. Miksic was born in 1946 in upstate New York. He received a PhD from Cornell University in 1979 with a dissertation on Archaeology, Trade and Society in Northeast Sumatra. Miksic has been a Lecturer with the National University of Singapore since 1987. His previous books include Historical Dictionary of Ancient Southeast Asia, Old Javanese Gold, Borobudur: Golden Tales of the Buddhas and Icons of Art: National Museum Jakarta.
Talk is free. Admission charges to galleries apply.
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