Charles Higham

TL;DR: Neither interpretation fits the complexity of Southeast Asian history: Both Hòabìnhian hunter-gatherers and East Asian farmers contributed to current Southeast Asian diversity, with further migrations affecting island SEA and Vietnam.

TL;DR: Higham as discussed by the authors presents a synthesis of the latest archaeological discoveries in Southeast Asia, starting with early hunter gatherers and concluding with the early states, with particular reference to Angkor, with Rice farming is now documented in the Yangzi Valley; copper and bronze casting is seen as an extension via China of a process that began in the Near East.

TL;DR: In this article, the discovery of the Bronze Age and the neolithic of South-east Asia and China is discussed. But the authors focus on the relationship between China, India, and island Southeast Asia.

TL;DR: In this paper, a new chronological framework for prehistoric Southeast Asia, based mainly on the Bayesian modelling of 75 radiocarbon dates from well-stratified excavations at Ban Non Wat, was proposed.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a Chronological Table 1 : Chronological table 1. Introduction 2. Hunter-gatherer communities and early domestication 3. The expansion of domestic communities 4. The end of autonomy and emergence of chiefdoms 5. The development of mandalas 6. The Angkorian Mandala 7.