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The lands west of the lakes : a history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi 1200 to 1600 CE, Stephen C. Druce

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The period 1200-1600 CE saw a radical transformation from simple chiefdoms to kingdoms (in archaeological terminology, complex chiefdoms) across lowland South Sulawesi, a region that lay outside the ‘classical’ Indicized parts of Southeast Asia. The rise of these kingdoms was stimulated and economically supported by trade in prestige goods with other parts of island Southeast Asia, yet the development of these kingdoms was determined by indigenous, rather than imported, political and cultural precepts. Starting in the thirteenth century, the region experienced a transition from swidden cultivation to wet-rice agriculture; rice was the major product that the lowland kingdoms of South Sulawesi exchanged with archipelagic traders. Stephen Druce demonstrates this progression to political complexity by combining a range of sources and methods, including oral, textual, archaeological, linguistic and geographical information and analysis as he explores the rise and development of five South Sulawesi kingdoms, known collectively as Ajattappareng (the Lands West of the Lakes). The author also presents an inquiry into oral traditions of a historical nature in South Sulawesi. He examines their functions, their processes of transmission and transformation, their uses in writing history and their relationship to written texts. He shows that any distinction between oral and written traditions of a historical nature is largely irrelevant, and that the South Sulawesi chronicles, which can be found only for a small number of kingdoms, are not characteristic (as historians have argued) but exceptional in the corpus of indigenous South Sulawesi historical sources. The book will be of primary interest to scholars of pre-European-contact Southeast Asia, including historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and geographers, and scholars with a broader interest in oral tradition and the relationship between the oral and written registers. Full text (Open Access)
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  • eng
  • eng
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1 online resource (xvi, 377 pages)
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  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Oral and written traditions in South Sulawesi
  • A historical perspective on the geography and peoples of the Ajattappareng region
  • Origin and precedence in Ajattappareng A historical perspective
  • Ajattappareng 1200 to 1600
  • Conclusion
  • The tributary and domain lists of Ajattappareng
  • Archaeological survey data
  • Transliterations and translations of lontaraq texts
  • European maps from Chapter III
  • Four European maps showing Durate
  • List of informants
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
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9789004253827
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The lands west of the lakes : a history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi 1200 to 1600 CE
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The lands west of the lakes
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a history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi 1200 to 1600 CE
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Stephen C. Druce
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  • eng
  • eng
Summary
The period 1200-1600 CE saw a radical transformation from simple chiefdoms to kingdoms (in archaeological terminology, complex chiefdoms) across lowland South Sulawesi, a region that lay outside the ‘classical’ Indicized parts of Southeast Asia. The rise of these kingdoms was stimulated and economically supported by trade in prestige goods with other parts of island Southeast Asia, yet the development of these kingdoms was determined by indigenous, rather than imported, political and cultural precepts. Starting in the thirteenth century, the region experienced a transition from swidden cultivation to wet-rice agriculture; rice was the major product that the lowland kingdoms of South Sulawesi exchanged with archipelagic traders. Stephen Druce demonstrates this progression to political complexity by combining a range of sources and methods, including oral, textual, archaeological, linguistic and geographical information and analysis as he explores the rise and development of five South Sulawesi kingdoms, known collectively as Ajattappareng (the Lands West of the Lakes). The author also presents an inquiry into oral traditions of a historical nature in South Sulawesi. He examines their functions, their processes of transmission and transformation, their uses in writing history and their relationship to written texts. He shows that any distinction between oral and written traditions of a historical nature is largely irrelevant, and that the South Sulawesi chronicles, which can be found only for a small number of kingdoms, are not characteristic (as historians have argued) but exceptional in the corpus of indigenous South Sulawesi historical sources. The book will be of primary interest to scholars of pre-European-contact Southeast Asia, including historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and geographers, and scholars with a broader interest in oral tradition and the relationship between the oral and written registers. Full text (Open Access)
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Druce, Stephen C
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959.84
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English
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DS646.49.S84
LC item number
.D783 2009
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non fiction
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Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
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Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde
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261
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  • Oral tradition
  • Sulawesi Selatan (Indonesia)
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The lands west of the lakes : a history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi 1200 to 1600 CE, Stephen C. Druce
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Contents
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Oral and written traditions in South Sulawesi -- A historical perspective on the geography and peoples of the Ajattappareng region -- Origin and precedence in Ajattappareng A historical perspective -- Ajattappareng 1200 to 1600 -- Conclusion -- The tributary and domain lists of Ajattappareng -- Archaeological survey data -- Transliterations and translations of lontaraq texts -- European maps from Chapter III -- Four European maps showing Durate -- List of informants -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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1 online resource (xvi, 377 pages)
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Open Access
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9789004253827
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10.1163/9789004253827
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The lands west of the lakes : a history of the Ajattappareng kingdoms of South Sulawesi 1200 to 1600 CE, Stephen C. Druce
Publication
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Oral and written traditions in South Sulawesi -- A historical perspective on the geography and peoples of the Ajattappareng region -- Origin and precedence in Ajattappareng A historical perspective -- Ajattappareng 1200 to 1600 -- Conclusion -- The tributary and domain lists of Ajattappareng -- Archaeological survey data -- Transliterations and translations of lontaraq texts -- European maps from Chapter III -- Four European maps showing Durate -- List of informants -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (xvi, 377 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Open Access
Isbn
9789004253827
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
10.1163/9789004253827
Other physical details
illustrations, maps; digital file(s).
Quality assurance targets
unknown
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access
Specific material designation
remote
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  • (SSID)ssj0000630235
  • (PQKBManifestationID)11397515
  • (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000630235
  • (PQKBWorkID)10744627
  • (PQKB)10656269
  • (nllekb)BRILL9789004253827
  • (WaSeSS)IndRDA00124841
  • (EXLCZ)993450000000002963
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Mode of access: internet via World Wide Web

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