Udaya Journal of Khmer Studies: Issue No. 2
by Choulean Ang, Ashley Thompson
Category: History

This second issue of Udaya brings together a wide variety of current research in and around Cambodia. The table of contents alone is testimony to the rich diversity of contemporary Khmer study. Article range across many disciplines, from arts and religious history to archaeology and architecture, botany, anthropology and literature. Contents: From the editors - Elizabeth Guthrie: "Outside the Sima" - Miriam Stark: "Some Preliminary Results of the 1999-2000 Archaeological Field Investigations at Angkor Borei, Takeo Province" - Jacques Dumarcay: "Resume de l'histoire du baray oriental et du baray de Neak Pean" - Pascal Royere: "Note architecturale relative au troisieme etage du Baphuon" - Arndt Kiesewetter, Hans Leisen, Esther Plehwe v. Leisen: "On the Polychromy of Angkor Vat: Results of Initial Paint Color Investigations" - Tan Boun Suy: "Mimosa pigra L: problematique au Cambodge et synthese bibliographique" - Martin Platt: "Interview with Fon Fafang, a Kui-Khmer Writer in Thailand" - Jean Filliozat (translate in Khmer): ("Rites de cremation a Bali") Reports: - University of Otago - APSARA Authority: "A Test Excavation at Baksel Chamkrong, Angkor" - Ecole Fran, aise d'Extreme-Orient: "Perspectives de la mission archeologique franco-khmere sur l'amenagement du territoire angkorien" - Nara National Cultural Properties Research Institute - APSARA Authority: "Investigation of the Tani Kiln Site: Geophysical Prospections, Excavations and Site Presentation Proposal" - Sophia University Angkor International Mission: "Archaeological Research at Banteay Kdei Temple: Overview of Investigations over the Past Ten Years" - Mission Archeologique Fran,alse au Cambodge: "De Yasodharapura a Angkor Thom: Archeologie, ville et histoire urbaine" - Japanese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor: "Original Morphology and Successive Modifications of the Suor Prat Terraces giving onto the Royal Plaza of Angkor Thom" - Chinese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor: "The East and South Entry Towers of Chau Say Tevoda: Restoration Design Description" - Kanazawa University: "A Brief Presentation of the Paleogeography of Cambodia at the Holocene Optimum"