This paper presents a framework for identifying catalysts of expansionary phases of
premodern states and empires. Combining ideas from W. Brian Arthur's Complexity …

This volume deals with digital reconstructions and visualizations of palaces, castles, and
other kinds of residential architecture of the early modern period. It focuses not so much on …

In this paper we highlight the potential of compositional characterisation (NAA) of Khmer
stonewares for understanding regional economic development in the Angkorian Empire (c. 9 …

Between the 9th and 15th centuries CE the builders and artisans of Angkor and its territories
furnished their landscapes with thousands of temples and tens of thousands of sacred …

We report analytical results for stoneware samples from four excavated Angkor‐period kilns
in the Greater Angkor area. Previous work has suggested that establishing distinct chemical …

Angkor's stone material culture has survived the effects of time and constitutes an essential
corpus of evidence whose study holds the key to a better understanding of the ancient …

Beside stylistic and iconographic studies, petrographic analysis is a fruitful approach to
studying Khmer stone sculpture and the sandstone materials of which they are composed. A …

From∼ 900 to 1450 CE the Angkorian Khmer state extended control over much of inland
Southeast Asia. This economically complex polity supported a large number and a diverse …

The European S ien e Foundation was established in 1974 to proide aoo platfo fo its Me e O
ga isatio s to ad ae Eu opea esea h olla o atio ade plo ee di e tio s fo esea h. It is ai depe de …

Intricately carved lintels occupy a privileged and symbolic position in Khmer temples. Their
production was commissioned to highly specialized craftsmen with specific material and …