Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago.(Review) From: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and thePacific | Date: September 22, 1998| Author: Shutler, Richard, Jr. | COPYRIGHT 1998 University of Hawaii Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago. Peter Bellwood. Revised ed. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 1997. 384 pp.; illustrations, maps, plates, bibliography. Softcover.

Reviewed by RICHARD SHUTLER JR., Simon Fraser University

Since the first edition of Prehistory of the Indo-Malaysian Archipelago was published in 1985, a significant amount of new research has been reported in many of the areas considered in this book. This information provides new...

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