"Charles Higham - rugby player, talented excavator and one of the
great archaeologists of his generation - is an engaging raconteur.
His fast-moving autobiography tells of the life well lived, of a
world authority on Southeast Asia's past. This is a fascinating and
adventurous journey complete with academic debates, serious
archaeology, its triumphs and minor disasters galore. Read this
book if you aspire to be an archaeologist. It will inspire you to
great deeds." - Brian Fagan, Distinguished Emeritus Professor of
Archaeology, University of California, Santa Barbara. "Higham
charts an archaeological Odyssey from Roman Britain via the Bronze
Age stock-breeders of central Europe to prehistoric Thailand and
the origins of Angkor. This complements a personal journey equally
eventful, from a double first and rugby blue at Cambridge to
building a university department in New Zealand. Here is a life
laden with academic honours and the thrill of discovery on a series
of digs that have transformed understanding of the human past in a
hitherto-under-evaluated part of the ancient world." - Professor
Norman Hammond, Senior Fellow, McDonald Institute for
Archaeological Research, Cambridge University. "Charles Higham
presents a readable and often witty account of a golden age in
archaeological excavation in Thailand, Neolithic to Iron Age, from
his perspective as a fundamental contributor. A must-read for
colleagues, students, and the interested public are like." -
Emeritus Professor Peter Bellwood, Australian National University.
In this unique memoir, Charles Higham, one of the great
archaeologists of his generation, describes the inside story of how
his many excavations have introduced Southeast Asia's past to a
worldwide audience. For over 50 years, he and his Thai colleagues
have explored the arrival of early humans, the impact of the first
farmers, the remarkable rise of social elites with the spread of
metallurgy and the origins of civilisations. Once seen as a
cultural backwater, Southeast Asia now takes centre stage in
understanding the human past.
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