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Hill of Prosperity: Excavations at Khok Charoen, Thailand: A Burial Site at the Stone-Metal Junction by Helmut Loofs-Wissowa, and: The Pottery of Khok Charoen, Thailand: An Illustrated, Structured Catalogue of Prehistoric Ceramic Finds from the Site by Helmut Loofs-Wissowa (review)

Hill of Prosperity: Excavations at Khok Charoen, Thailand: A Burial Site at the Stone-Metal... BOOK REVIEWS 459 Hill of Prosperity: Excavations at Khok Charoen, Thailand: A Burial Site at the Stone-Metal Junction. Helmut Loofs-Wissowa. BAR International Series 2844. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2017. 486 pp. Paperback £88, ISBN: 9781407315065. The Pottery of Khok Charoen, Thailand: An Illustrated, Structured Catalogue of Prehistoric Ceramic Finds from the Site. Helmut Loofs-Wissowa. BAR International Series 2918. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2019. 197 pp., 44 tables, 18 b&w illustrations, 3 photographs, 3 maps, 3 diagrams. Paperback £47.00, ISBN: 9781407316796. Reviewed by Joyce WHITE, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia Even though data quality and presentation This is the belated final report of in these volumes will strike readers as some excavations carried out almost fifty years combination of quaint, reflexive, and not up ago at the site of Khok Charoen (“Hill of to today’s standards, these are nevertheless Prosperity”) in the northeastern corner of important volumes for archaeologists who Central Thailand. These excavations seek an in-depth understanding of Thailand’s were done in a pioneering spirit, with prehistory and for historians of culture considerable enthusiasm, by a small team heritage studies who strive to grasp the with a modest budget, little field experi- historiography of mainland Southeast Asia. ence http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Perspectives University of Hawai'I Press

Hill of Prosperity: Excavations at Khok Charoen, Thailand: A Burial Site at the Stone-Metal Junction by Helmut Loofs-Wissowa, and: The Pottery of Khok Charoen, Thailand: An Illustrated, Structured Catalogue of Prehistoric Ceramic Finds from the Site by Helmut Loofs-Wissowa (review)

Asian Perspectives , Volume 60 (2) – Nov 30, 2021

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BOOK REVIEWS 459 Hill of Prosperity: Excavations at Khok Charoen, Thailand: A Burial Site at the Stone-Metal Junction. Helmut Loofs-Wissowa. BAR International Series 2844. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2017. 486 pp. Paperback £88, ISBN: 9781407315065. The Pottery of Khok Charoen, Thailand: An Illustrated, Structured Catalogue of Prehistoric Ceramic Finds from the Site. Helmut Loofs-Wissowa. BAR International Series 2918. Oxford: BAR Publishing, 2019. 197 pp., 44 tables, 18 b&w illustrations, 3 photographs, 3 maps, 3 diagrams. Paperback £47.00, ISBN: 9781407316796. Reviewed by Joyce WHITE, Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia Even though data quality and presentation This is the belated final report of in these volumes will strike readers as some excavations carried out almost fifty years combination of quaint, reflexive, and not up ago at the site of Khok Charoen (“Hill of to today’s standards, these are nevertheless Prosperity”) in the northeastern corner of important volumes for archaeologists who Central Thailand. These excavations seek an in-depth understanding of Thailand’s were done in a pioneering spirit, with prehistory and for historians of culture considerable enthusiasm, by a small team heritage studies who strive to grasp the with a modest budget, little field experi- historiography of mainland Southeast Asia. ence

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