ANTH 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Srah Srang, Sambor Prei Kuk, Jayavarman Vii
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Angkor initially visited by portuguese explorer diego do couto in 1585-88. Early 17th century japanese presence increases: used as guards used in cambodia. Samurai sword discovered in angkor wat: first map of angkor wat created by the japanese. French priest, father charles-emile bouillevaux: first tourist to angkor in 1853. He(cid:374)(cid:396)i mouhot (cid:862)dis(cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)e(cid:396)(cid:863) of a(cid:374)gko(cid:396) i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1012)(cid:1009)(cid:1010: french naturalist working for the royal geographical society in britain, fi(cid:396)st (cid:862)detailed(cid:863) a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t of the se(cid:448)e(cid:396)al (cid:373)ai(cid:374) te(cid:373)ples i(cid:374) ca(cid:373)(cid:271)odia. Adolph bastian: german ethnologist, detailed account of angkor, 1868, began to actually pay attention to the bar reliefs, deciphered the religious content of the angkor wat bar reliefs. Cambodia becomes a french protectorate 1863: not (cid:395)uite a colo(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:455)et. Capitane ernest doudart de lagree, leader of the mekong exploration commission (mec) French mec 1866-68: objective: locate an economic route to china, via mekong, khone falls were impenetrable waterway. Forced reconsideration of french efforts towards cultural heritage.
