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Charles F.W. Higham

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December 31 1938
Charles Frank Wandesforde Higham ONZM is a British-born New Zealand archaeologist. In 1957, he was offered a place at St Catharine's College, Cambridge to read Archaeology and Anthropology. However, he first spent two years at the Institute of Archaeology, London University. In 1959 he went up to Cambridge, and studied the Neolithic Bronze and Iron Ages of Europe. He took a double first and was elected a Scholar of his college in 1960. He was provided with a State Scholarship in 1962, and embarked on his doctoral research on the prehistoric economic history of Switzerland and Denmark. He was awarded his doctorate in 1966. He was appointed Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago in 1968, and began fieldwork in Southeast Asia a year later. He is most noted for his work on the Angkor civilization in Cambodia. Dr. Higham is a Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand; he is also a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of New Zealand, and an Honorary Fellow of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

Charles F.W. Higham

3.4/5 ( ratings)
Born
December 31 1938
Charles Frank Wandesforde Higham ONZM is a British-born New Zealand archaeologist. In 1957, he was offered a place at St Catharine's College, Cambridge to read Archaeology and Anthropology. However, he first spent two years at the Institute of Archaeology, London University. In 1959 he went up to Cambridge, and studied the Neolithic Bronze and Iron Ages of Europe. He took a double first and was elected a Scholar of his college in 1960. He was provided with a State Scholarship in 1962, and embarked on his doctoral research on the prehistoric economic history of Switzerland and Denmark. He was awarded his doctorate in 1966. He was appointed Foundation Professor of Anthropology at the University of Otago in 1968, and began fieldwork in Southeast Asia a year later. He is most noted for his work on the Angkor civilization in Cambodia. Dr. Higham is a Research Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand; he is also a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Society of New Zealand, and an Honorary Fellow of St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge.

Books from Charles F.W. Higham

Prehistoric Thailand: From Early Settlement to Sukhothai

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The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia: From 10,000 B.C. to the Fall of Angkor

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The Excavation of Khok Phanom Di: A Prehistoric Site in Central Thailand the Material Culture (Research Reports, 50)

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The Civilization of Angkor

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Early Mainland Southeast Asia: From First Humans to Angkor

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The Excavation Of Khok Phanom Di: A Prehistoric Site In Central Thailand

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The Excavation of Ban Lum Khao (The Origins of Civilization of Angkor, Vol. 1)

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Origins of the Civilization of Angkor Volume 1: The Excavation of Ban Lum Khao

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The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor, Volume 4: The Excavation of Ban Non Wat. Part II: The Neolithic Occupation

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