This book investigates what has constituted notions of archaeological heritage from colonial
times to the present. It includes case studies of sites in South and Southeast Asia with a
special focus on Angkor Cambodia. The contributions the subjects of which range from
architectural and intellectual history to historic preservation and restoration evaluate
historical processes spanning two centuries which saw the imagination and production of dead
archaeological ruins by often overlooking living local social and ritual forms of usage on
site. Case studies from computational modelling in archaeology discuss a comparable
paradigmatic change from a mere simulation of supposedly dead archaeological building material
to an increasing appreciation and scientific incorporation of the knowledge of local
stakeholders. This book seeks to bring these different approaches from the humanities and
engineering sciences into a trans-disciplinary discussion.
