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Archaeology in Southeast Asia: Myanmar

Prehistorical Period

Pautreau, J. P., Aung Aung Kyaw, and Anne-Sophie Coupey. Excavations in the Samon Valley : Iron Age Burials in Myanmar . France: Mission archéologique française au Myanmar, 2010. Asia Folio DS527.8 .E92 2010

Grimaldi, David A., Michael S. Engel, and Paul C. Nascimbene. Fossiliferous Cretaceous Amber from Myanmar (Burma) : Its Rediscovery, Biotic Diversity, and Paleontological Significance . New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History, 2002. Main Library Use Only QL1 .A436 no.3361

Journal Articles

Glover, Ian G. “Commentary: The Past, Present, and Future of Prehistoric Archaeology in Burma.” Asian Perspectives 40, no. 1 (2001): 119–126. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/2885.

Aung-Thwin, Michael A. “Origins and Development of the Field of Prehistory in Burma.” Asian Perspectives 40, no. 1 (April 1, 2001): 6–34.

Pryce, Thomas, Kalayar Htwe, Myrto Georgakopoulou, Tiffany Martin, Enrique Vega, Thilo Rehren, Tin Win, et al. “Metallurgical Traditions and Metal Exchange Networks in Late Prehistoric Central Myanmar, c. 1000 BC to c. AD 500.” Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences 10, no. 5 (August 2018): 1087–1109.

Historical Period

Green, Alexandra., and T. Richard. Blurton. Burma : Art and Archaeology . Chicago: Art Media Resources, 2002. Asia N7312 .B87 2002

Moore, Elizabeth H. Early Landscapes of Myanmar . Bangkok: River Books, 2007. Asia DS527.8 .M66 2007

Panʻʺ Lha. Archaeological Aspects of Pyu, Mon, Myanmar . 1st ed. Yangon: Thin Sapay, 2011. Asia DS528.2.P95 P365 2011

Myo. The earliest religious buildings discovered at the ancient city of Wadee, Myanmar . First edition. Yangon: Tun Foundation Bank, Literary Committee, 2017. Asia IN CATALOGING 4736842

ʼOṅʻ Soʻ. Historical Sites in Burma. [1st ed. Rangoon: Ministry of Union Culture, Govt. of the Union of Burma, 1972. Asia DS527.8 .A9


Book Chapter

Pagoda Desecration and Myanmar Archaeology, 1853–86.” Materializing Southeast Asia’s Past: Selected Papers from the 12th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists. SINGAPORE: NUS Press, 2013. Online

 

Journal Articles

Higham, Charles. “Commentary: Archaeology in Myanmar: Past, Present, and Future.” Asian Perspectives 40, no. 1 (2001): Online.

Bellina, Bérénice, Myat Htet, Cristina Castillo, Camille Colonna, Laure Dussubieux, Aude Favereau, Emiri Miyama, Baptiste Pradier, Sachipan Srikanlaya, and Elisabeth Trivière. “Myanmar’s Earliest Maritime Silk Road Port-Settlements Revealed.” Antiquity 92, no. 366 (December 1, 2018): 1662–1664. Online