Old Myths and New Approaches—Interpreting Ancient Religious Sites in Southeast Asia

Contributors whose disciplines are not identified place ancient Southeast Asian temples within their general cultural and geographic surroundings, complementing the many studies of their art and architecture. They consider how the people who inhabited the religious sites adapted to the local environments, the inter-relationship between the temples and the environment, and the functionality of sacred sites in the region. The 16 studies are from a conference of the same name, for which neither date nor location is cited. They are not indexed. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)