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The customs of Cambodia

The Siam SocietyBankokPublished In 1987 • Pages:

By: Zhou, Daguan, fl. 1297, Pelliot, Paul, Paul, J. G. D’Arcy (John Gilman D’Arcy).

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes the Angkor Wat, a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the early 12th century as imperial temple and capital city. The document contains beautiful photographs of the temple city and many divine images.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Historical reconstruction
History
Visual arts
External relations
Form and rules of government
Religious and educational structures
Sacred objects and places
Architecture
Cities
Streets and traffic
Settlement patterns
Status, role, and prestige
Accumulation of wealth
Normal garb
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Cambodians
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2012
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Asia
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeast Asia
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Court Chronicler
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Teferi Abate Adem; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1296-1297
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1113-1647
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Angkor temple city, Cambodia
NotesAdditional notes
Chou Ta-kuan (Zhou Daguan) ; translated into English by J. Gilman d'Acry Paul from the French version by Paul Pelliot of Chou's Chinese original
Previously Published as: Notes on the customs of Cambodia. Bangkok : Social Science Association Press, 1967
"...the Social Science Association Press of Bangkok produced an English translation of the NOTES ON THE CUSTOMS OF CAMBODIA by Zhou Daguan (Chou Ta-Kuan). This was made possible by a grant from Mr Alexander B. Griswold of the Breezewood Foundation, a friend of whom, Mr J. Gilman d'Arcy Paul, did the translation from the French of Paul Pelliot. Pelliot's text, which appeared in the Bulletin de l'Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient in 1902, was itself a translation from the Chinese of Chou Ta-Kaun, who produced, as Peliot pointed out in his own preface, some time in the years before 1312 and after his return from a year's stay in Cambodia from 1296 to 1297, the only account of Angor at the height of its splendor. "
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Cambodia--Civilization