Metal Age (Southeast Asia)

In the archaeology of Maritime Southeast Asia, the Metal Age is the period between roughly 2000 and 500 years ago. ^[1] The internal chronology of the period is still debated, but it is often divided into 'early', 'developed' and 'proto-historic' phases. ^[1] Unlike in the conventional three-age system used in other parts of Eurasia, archaeologists do not divide the Metal Age into a Bronze Age and Iron Age, because bronze and iron metallurgy arrived in Maritime Southeast Asia at roughly the same time. ^[1]

See also

• Dong Son culture
• History of Brunei
• Prehistoric Indonesia
• Prehistoric Malaysia
• Prehistory of the Philippines
• Early history of Singapore
• Pre-colonial Timor
• Prehistory of Taiwan

References

1. Szabó, Katherine; Cole, Franca; Lloyd-Smith, Lindsay; Barker, Graeme; Hunt, Chris; Piper, Philip; Doherty, Chris (2013). "The 'Metal Age' at the Niah Caves, c. 2000-500 years ago". In Barker, Graeme (ed.). Rainforest foraging and farming in island Southeast Asia. Cambridge: MacDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. pp. 299–340. ISBN   978-1902937540.

Further reading

• Chinh, Hoang Xuan; Van Tien, Bui (1980). "The Dongson Culture and Cultural Centers in the Metal Age in Vietnam". Asian Perspectives. 23 (1): 55–65. ISSN   0066-8435. JSTOR   42929154.
• Ciarla, Roberto (2022). "The Origins of the Bronze Age in Mainland Southeast Asia". In Charles F. W. Higham; Nam C. Kim (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Early Southeast Asia. pp. 396–415. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199355358.013.22. ISBN   978-0-19-935535-8.
• Higham, Charles F. W. (2022). "Social Change with the Initial Bronze Age". In Charles F. W. Higham; Nam C. Kim (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Early Southeast Asia. pp. 416–430. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199355358.013.23. ISBN   978-0-19-935535-8.
• Hung, Hsiao-chun; Chao, Chin-yung (December 2016). "Taiwan's Early Metal Age and Southeast Asian trading systems". Antiquity. 90 (354): 1537–1551. doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.184. ISSN   0003-598X.
• Sofian, Harry Octavianus; Truman Simanjuntak, Truman Simanjuntak (2024-04-04). "The rise of the Metal Age in Sumatra: Evidence from Harimau Cave in South Sumatra". In Louys, Julien; Albers, Paul C. H.; van der Geer, Alexandra A. E. (eds.). Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra (1 ed.). ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/TA56.2024.11 . ISBN   978-1-76046-631-2.