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oapen-20.500.12657-336932021-11-04T14:13:05Z Man Bac: The Excavation of a Neolithic Site in Northern Vietnam F. Oxenham, Marc Matsumura, Hirofumi Kim Dung, Nguyen archaeology excavations morphology vietnam bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology The site of Man Bac in the Red River Delta of Vietnam, one of the most meticulously excavated and carefully analysed of Southeast Asian archaeological sites in the past few years, is emerging as a key site in the region. This book carefully analyses the human and animal remains and puts them into context. The authors describe in detail the health status, the unusual demographic profile and the interestingly divergent affinities of the cemetery population, and discuss their meaning, particularly in association with evidence for the use of marine and terrestrial animal resources; they argue convincingly that the site documents a time when the face of the region’s population was undergoing a fundamental shift, associated with a changing economic subsistence base. Physical anthropologists and archaeologists have argued for years over the timeline, the manner and the very nature of Southeast Asian population history, and this book is essential reading in this debate. Two supporting appendices describe the individual remains in detail. 2013-11-12 00:00:00 2020-04-01T14:53:56Z 2020-04-01T14:53:56Z 2011 book 459363 OCN: 954285273 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33693 eng Terra Australis application/pdf n/a 459363.pdf http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/terra-australis/ta33_citation ANU Press 10.26530/OAPEN_459363 10.26530/OAPEN_459363 ddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71 33 Canberra open access
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The site of Man Bac in the Red River Delta of Vietnam, one of the most meticulously excavated and carefully analysed of Southeast Asian archaeological sites in the past few years, is emerging as a key site in the region. This book carefully analyses the human and animal remains and puts them into context. The authors describe in detail the health status, the unusual demographic profile and the interestingly divergent affinities of the cemetery population, and discuss their meaning, particularly in association with evidence for the use of marine and terrestrial animal resources; they argue convincingly that the site documents a time when the face of the region’s population was undergoing a fundamental shift, associated with a changing economic subsistence base. Physical anthropologists and archaeologists have argued for years over the timeline, the manner and the very nature of Southeast Asian population history, and this book is essential reading in this debate. Two supporting appendices describe the individual remains in detail.
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