SESSION 14
Cultural Relationship Along the East West Cultural Corridor of Mainland Southeast Asia
Surat Lertlum1, Mamoru Shibayama2, Im Sokrithy3
1Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
2Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
3APSARA National Authority
This panel focuses on research into the commonalities in society, ideology, art, and culture that potentially existed along the East-West Cultural Corridor of Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA), from Vietnam through Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar. Cultural, social and ideological connections have been identified from the Palaeolithic onwards, and manifest in the types of material culture recorded across the region, as well as the emergence and diversification of burial traditions. Recent research has indicated that both ‘local’ and long-distance trading and exchange networks likely existed from the Late Pleistocene. There is still a substantial amount that we do not yet understand about the relationships between communities across MSEA. We invite research papers centred on identifying and interpreting communication networks and cultural relationships between the various regions of MSEA in the past. This panel is aimed at bringing together practitioners in the hope of enhancing our knowledge of the long-term interactions between human populations.
BLOCK 1
S14-1
An Outline of Project on the Ancient East-West Cultural Corridor in Mainland Southeast Asia
Mamoru Shibayama & Akiko Tashiro
S14-5
The Cult of Goddess Tara in Indian Museums with Special Reference to Bihar (During 5th to 12th Century CE)
Priti Swaraj
Questions and Discussion
BLOCK 2
S14-8
Thonglith Luangkhoth & Daniel R. Davenport
S14-10
Narongrit Sosa et al.
Questions and Discussion