Wednesday 3rd of December 2003 You are cordially invited to attend the following informalpresentation: Maya and Khmer: studying monsoon forest civilisations Prof. Michael D. Coe Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, YaleUniversity Michael D. Coe is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at YaleUniversity. Born in New York in 1929, Michael D. Coe, anarchaeologist, is well recognized for his superb work in the field ofthe ethnohistory of Mesoamerica, the historical archaeology ofnortheastern United States, and writing systems. Michael D. Coe hasauthored numerous world-renowned books on Mesoamerica including"Breaking the Maya Code" (1992). This book constitutes an informedaccount of one of the most exciting adventures of our age, theextraordinary breakthrough in deciphering the inscribed remains ofMayan monuments. Coe's other works include "The Maya" (1966),"America's First Civilization: Discovering the Olmec" (1968), and"The True History of Chocolate" (1996). A frequent traveller toSoutheast Asia since 1954, Michael D. Coe is a specialist in thecomparative study of ancient, tropical forest civilizations. Herecently published "Angkor and the Khmer Civilization" (2003), a bookwhich presents a concise but complete picture of Khmer culturalhistory from the Stone Age until the establishment of the FrenchProtectorate in 1863. Large low-density urban complexes were a feature of tropical regionsin the Old and the New world through the first fifteen hundred yearsof the Common Era. The similarities in the overall form and milieu of these settlements were noted many years ago by Michael D. Coe (in 1955!). Recent imaging and on- the-ground mapping at Angkor has shown two related settlement patterns. A closely similar doublearticulation is also characteristic of Classic Maya regal- ritualcenters like Tikal and Calakmul; in these, as at Angkor, there are noclear-cut city boundaries or edges, but rather whole settledlandscapes beyond the core areas. This is in strong contrast to suchdensely occupied, economically heterogeneous, and highly planned cities as Teotihuacan and Tenochtitlan in Mexico, medieval Cairo and imperial Beijing. Following William Sanders and David Webster, it issuggested that the weak urbanization of these two monsoon-forest civilizations was the result of low population, lack of environmentaldiversity, poorly developed interregional trade and relatively inefficient food production. The presentation will take place Wednesday 3rd December at 6:30 pm atthe EFEO center. Presentation will be in English. Ecole Française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO) Siem Reap Phum Beng Don Pa, Khum Slâ Kram, Siem Reap, Cambodge Tel: (885) (16) 635 037 / (63) 964 630 / 760 525 Tel/Fax: (855) (63)964 226 Email: efeo.angkor@camintel.com / efeo.rep.bib@camintel.com www.efeo.fr
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