This book analyses the rise of the Settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
The core of this research consisted of excavations at Bukit G. 1347-75), and provides the first attempt to place the archaeological remains and the landscape of Tanah Datar, a fertile plain in the highlands of West Sumatra, in a cultural historic synthesis.
It explores the regional Settlement pattern arising from Adityavarman\'s highland interregnum (c.
This book analyses the rise of the Settlement system in the heartland of the Minangkabau region in the highlands of West Sumatra, Indonesia