Building Materials And Structural Foundations In The Bujang Valley And Comparisons With Four Regional Settlements

This thesis explores building materials and foundations in the Bujang Valley throughout the millennium from 400-1400 CE. The Bujang Valley consists of several loosely related proto-historic settlements that played an important role in international trade. Eight building materials (sandstone, granite...

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Main Author:	Singh, Meljev Singh Sidhu Sarjit
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	TH1-9745 Building construction
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spelling	my-usm-ep.485072021-03-02T07:29:04Z Building Materials And Structural Foundations In The Bujang Valley And Comparisons With Four Regional Settlements 2018-09 Singh, Meljev Singh Sidhu Sarjit TH1-9745 Building construction This thesis explores building materials and foundations in the Bujang Valley throughout the millennium from 400-1400 CE. The Bujang Valley consists of several loosely related proto-historic settlements that played an important role in international trade. Eight building materials (sandstone, granite, clay, laterite, pebbles, earth, wood and bamboo) are analysed. The aim of this study is to understand the dynamics of the construction industry via the study of the building materials used and the foundations of structures. It also aims to trace the spread of technologies between the Bujang Valley and four coastal settlements of the same period in order to determine whether a homogeneous style of construction existed in the region. The data for this research was collected via field trips and the study of literary sources including old histories of Kedah and archaeology reports. The bulk of the data for this research was taken from literary sources, since most of the sites are no longer extant. All of the permanent building materials were used until the 15th century CE and stopped once the Bujang Valley area ceased to be an international trading hub. Every building material studied was available in Bujang Valley. However, the limited use of sandstone suggests that sandstone items may have been imported even though sandstone was also available locally. There were two types of processing centres, the first of which processed material for structures on site while the second type may have processed material before sending it to the building site. Most of the processing of building material was on a small-scale. Due to differences in the types of structural foundations in the Bujang Valley and in Yarang, Takuapa, Batujaya and Cibuaya, it can be argued that there wasno homogeneity in the architecture of structures from southern Thailand to Java based on foundations of structures, suggesting limited transfer of technologies between the settlements studied. 2018-09 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/48507/ http://eprints.usm.my/48507/1/MELJEV%20SINGH%20SIDHU%20SO%20SARJIT%20SINGH_hj.pdf application/pdf en public phd doctoral Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Penyelidikan Arkeologi Global
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language	English
topic	TH1-9745 Building construction
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description	This thesis explores building materials and foundations in the Bujang Valley throughout the millennium from 400-1400 CE. The Bujang Valley consists of several loosely related proto-historic settlements that played an important role in international trade. Eight building materials (sandstone, granite, clay, laterite, pebbles, earth, wood and bamboo) are analysed. The aim of this study is to understand the dynamics of the construction industry via the study of the building materials used and the foundations of structures. It also aims to trace the spread of technologies between the Bujang Valley and four coastal settlements of the same period in order to determine whether a homogeneous style of construction existed in the region. The data for this research was collected via field trips and the study of literary sources including old histories of Kedah and archaeology reports. The bulk of the data for this research was taken from literary sources, since most of the sites are no longer extant. All of the permanent building materials were used until the 15th century CE and stopped once the Bujang Valley area ceased to be an international trading hub. Every building material studied was available in Bujang Valley. However, the limited use of sandstone suggests that sandstone items may have been imported even though sandstone was also available locally. There were two types of processing centres, the first of which processed material for structures on site while the second type may have processed material before sending it to the building site. Most of the processing of building material was on a small-scale. Due to differences in the types of structural foundations in the Bujang Valley and in Yarang, Takuapa, Batujaya and Cibuaya, it can be argued that there wasno homogeneity in the architecture of structures from southern Thailand to Java based on foundations of structures, suggesting limited transfer of technologies between the settlements studied.
format	Thesis
qualification_name	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level	Doctorate
author	Singh, Meljev Singh Sidhu Sarjit
author_facet	Singh, Meljev Singh Sidhu Sarjit
author_sort	Singh, Meljev Singh Sidhu Sarjit
title	Building Materials And Structural Foundations In The Bujang Valley And Comparisons With Four Regional Settlements
title_short	Building Materials And Structural Foundations In The Bujang Valley And Comparisons With Four Regional Settlements
title_full	Building Materials And Structural Foundations In The Bujang Valley And Comparisons With Four Regional Settlements
title_fullStr	Building Materials And Structural Foundations In The Bujang Valley And Comparisons With Four Regional Settlements
title_full_unstemmed	Building Materials And Structural Foundations In The Bujang Valley And Comparisons With Four Regional Settlements
title_sort	building materials and structural foundations in the bujang valley and comparisons with four regional settlements
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Penyelidikan Arkeologi Global
publishDate	2018
url	http://eprints.usm.my/48507/1/MELJEV%20SINGH%20SIDHU%20SO%20SARJIT%20SINGH_hj.pdf
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