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Dr. W. F. STUTTERHEIM

STUDIES IN INDONESIAN ARCHAEOLOGY

PUBLICATION COMMISSIONED AND FINANCED BY THE NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL RELATIONS

Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V. 1956

ISBN 978-94-017-5681-5 ISBN 978-94-017-5987-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-5987-8 Softcoverreprint ofthe hardcover1st edition 1956

PREFACE In the field of studies of Indonesian culture the fact that a great many works of permanent scholarly value were written in Dutch has prevented them from obtaining the international reputation which they undoubtedly deserved. It is therefore our intention to try and remedy this serious lack by means of a series of translations of important Dutch publicat.ions of the past. As the first number to appear in this series of translations we publish a selection from the work of the late Dr W. F. Stutterheim, the art-historian and archaeologist who exerted, as may appear from the Biographical Note printed on pp. IX-XV, a strongly revivifying influence on archaeological research in Indonesia. In establishing our choice it proved unavoidable that some articles had to be included which were either modified or supplemented on essential points by later publications. This applies in particular to the first contribution, dated 1929, and entitled '"Chatf