Gold and Megalithic Activity in Prehistoric and Recent West Borneo (Data Paper, 77)

Tom Harrisson & Stanley J. O'Connor

Published by Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University, 1970

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331 pp., illustrations, bibliography. some pages are detached but all are present, small tear at top of spine, minor marginal notes on a few pages. Contents: I: The Sarawak River Delta Excavations. 1) The Santubong Complex. 2) Sungei Jaong: Creek Backwater at Nowhere. 3) Bongkisam: The Later Phase. II: Gold in West Borneo. 4) Borneo in the World Gold Setting. 5) Borneo's Gold Sources. 6) Gold Appearances and Uses in the Delta. 7) Excavated Gold. 8) Gold Associations in the Ground at Jaong. 9) Changes in Delta Goldsmithing (Jaong to Bongkisam). 10) The Median Cut-Breach on Gold Leaf-Foil. 11) Gedong and Jaong. 12) Niah Caves and Jaong. 13) The Iconographic Background of Jaong Suggested. 14) Special Piece from Kongkisam. 15) Other Major Gold Pieces from West Borneo. 16) Comparisons Further Afield. III: Megalithic and Micro-Megalithic. 17) Megalithic Cultures in Historical West Borneo. 18) Batu Gambar and Sungei Jaong's Petroglyphic Boulders. 19) The Jaong Pebble-Beds (and Gold Again). 20) Touchstones. 21) Stoneware Vessels and Pebble-Beds at Jaong. 22) Other Jaong Pebble-Bed Associations. 23) The Micro-Megalithic Idea. 24) The Bongkisam Shrine in the Micro-Megalithic Mood. 25) West Borneo's Megalithic in Southeast Asia. 26) Micro-Megalithic Elements Elsewhere in Southeast Asia. IV: Some Ideas. 27) The Dating of Gold (and Goldsmithing). 28) The Megalithic Makers: Who, When? 29) Micro-Megalithic Significance. 30) The Fear of Stone. 31) Other Points. Seller Inventory # B0006C2HA8UCB042217

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Title: Gold and Megalithic Activity in Prehistoric ...

Publisher: Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Fair