Books Publications Water Management in Angkor
From "the hydraulic city" to a more sober approach on water management in Angkor.Publications Lokhon Khol and Agrarian Rituals
The rural origins of this Theatre Dance adopted at the Cambodian Royal Court since the 19th century.Books Pistes, fleuves et jungles: A travers l'Indochine et les pays voisins [Trails, Rivers, Jungles: Across Indochina and Neighboring Countries]
A pleasant read from a typical French 'grand reporter' of the 1930s who befriended famous journalist Albert Londres.Films Angkor: Lessons for the Modern World
The dependency of Angkor to water management, explored and commented before Lidar research taught us more about the ancient irrigation and reserve system.Books A World of Water: Rain, Rivers and Seas in Southeast Asian Histories
A crosscultural, multidisciplinary, study on water, its economic and social impact, and its symbolism.Publications Designs of Kings and Farmers: Landscape Systems of the Greater Angkor Urban Complex
Centralized and decentralized land management in Ancient AngkorPublications Early Mainland Southeast Asian Landscapes in the First Millennium A.D.
A useful synthesis of what we know about Mainland Southeast Asia before the development of larger polities, cities-states and empiresPublications Inland Angkor, Coastal Kedah: Landscapes, Subsistence Systems and State Development in Early SEA
Unconventional approach of two 'success stories' in the process of state formation across Southeast Asia, inland Angkor and coastal Kedah (Malaysia)Publications Magician as Environmentalist: Fertility Elements in South and Southeast Asian Buddhism
Buddhism, 'natural order' and agrarian rites in Southeast Asia.Publications The Decline and Fall of Angkor (12th-15th Century)
A contemporary summary of various explanations regarding the decline and fall of Angkor as a "megacity".Publications Economie, sociologie et pouvoir / La société cambodgienne (1863-1886)
Class structure, politics and economical power in pre-colonial Cambodia.