ANTH 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sambor Prei Kuk, Michael Vickery, Angkor Borei District
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The rise of statehood: look at the delta. Stark lists five main characteristics that facilitated statehood in this region: high populations and urban centers, production of surplus food through intensive rice agriculture, socio-political stratification legitimated by indic religious ideologies. Helped established kingdoms in early pre-angkorian period: system of writing at the end of early historic period. Good for organization: near vigorous network of long distance trade. Their position to the gulf of thailand gave it the ability to be part of long trade system. Trade network brought in broad spectrum of goods as well as ideas. Emissary of the wu emperor in southern china. Called the polity (cid:862)funan(cid:863) (bnom or phnom (cid:862)hill(cid:863)) Writing was known and there was a basic legal system. Engraved ornaments and a tax on gold, silver, pearls and perfumes. Subsequent missions from/to china: account at least 25 missions from funan to china between 245 and 649 ce.
