The water management network of Angkor, Cambodia

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 317, 2008, Pages 658-670

  Fletcher, Roland ^a   Penny, Dan ^a   Evans, Damian ^a   Pottier, Christophe ^b   Barbetti, Mike ^a   Kummu, Matti ^c   Lustig, Terry ^a   Than, Heng ^d   Chan, Khieu ^d   Somaneath, Tous ^d   Ratchna, Chai ^d   Sarith, Chea ^d   Bunnath, Chourn ^d   Darith, Ea ^d   Visoth, Chai ^d   Tech, Srun ^d   Sopheap, An ^d   Peang, So ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Ecole Française d'Extrême Orient   (Cambodia)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Angkor; Baray; Cambodia; Khmer; Water management; Water ritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549088908     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00097295     Document Type: Article

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